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Marlow-Burns house assembly, Los Angeles(?). 1946



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    Workers assemble walls for houses in a warehouse of Kaiser Community Homes. The walls lie flat, with men at the top and bottom, working mainly with hammers. A large overhead sign reads "Exterior line no. 1".

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