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D81761-42
Date(s)
- 1954-03-29 (Creation)
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Briggs Manufacturing Co., 3755 South 60th St., specialized in prefabricated housing. The housing market was in full force in the years following World War II when our area's population increased dramatically. Prefabricated houses were one means of insuring inexpensive, quick construction to meet these needs. A series of photographs were taken over the course of one day, March 29, 1954, showing Briggs Manufacturing's techniques in building homes. A clock was placed in the left corner of each picture showing at what time the photo was taken so construction progress could be tracked. Two Briggs employees are in the process of putting up plywood forms at 8:15 a.m. Floor has been laid and basic plumbing installed.
Briggs Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Building construction; Prefabricated houses; Progress photographs;