Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D81761-49
Date(s)
- 1954-03-29 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Construction is rapidly progressing on a Briggs Manufacturing Co. prefabricated home. Trusses are in place on the roof and most of the walls appear to be up. Window and door openings are present but without glass. It now appears that the home will be a rambler style, one-story house without basement. A series of photographs was taken in one day, March 29, 1954, to demonstrate the speed that a prefabricated house could be constructed using experienced workers. Each picture had a drawn clock in the corner showing the exact time a photo was taken. Work probably began before 8:00 a.m.; it is now 1:00 p.m.
Briggs Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Building construction; Prefabricated houses; Progress photographs;