War Housing. Erie, PA. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which workers' homes are being built. Two crews of 40 men each are used to raise the stud frames of a 4 unit war-worker's home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30 AM fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frames, ends and floor joints, and finished the entire framework by 4:30 PM the same day.
| Artist | Alfred T. Palmer (American, 1906–1993) |
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| Title | War Housing. Erie, PA. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which workers' homes are being built. Two crews of 40 men each are used to raise the stud frames of a 4 unit war-worker's home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30 AM fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frames, ends and floor joints, and finished the entire framework by 4:30 PM the same day. |
| Date | July 1941 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.5 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.10.10 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a line of many men in the process of raising the stud frame wall of a building. The men face away from the camera.
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"War Housing. Erie, PA. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which workers' homes are being built. Two crews of 40 men each are used to raise the stud frames of a 4 unit war-worker's home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30 AM fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frames, ends and floor joints, and finished the entire framework by 4:30 PM the same day. | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.10.10