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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D14154-3
Date(s)
- 1943-03-06 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
War Housing; Housing facilities. Due to the overcrowded conditions in Tacoma and the shortage of housing during World War II, some defense workers were forced to house their families in unfit dwellings, some without plumbing or electricity. Basically anything with four walls, including some chicken coups, was converted and rented as housing. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs. (TNT 3/10/1943, pg. 27)
Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950;