The history and development of the housing movement in the city of Washington, D.C. (1907)
Kober, George M. (George Martin), 1850-1931, Washington Sanitary Improvement Company · [Washington] : Washington Sanitary Improvement Co. · leaf 16
other structures with only one approach, and that sometimes disguised. The buildings are difficult, even dangerous of ac¬ cess, off the po¬ liceman’s beat, inviting lawless¬ ness and crime. As to the con- .struction, the re¬ port shows that FIG. 9. A WHITE GIRL RESCUED FROM EVIL HOME BY AGENTS OF… … FIG. 10. A TYPICAL ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH BESIDE A SET OF SHANTIES; PHOTOGRAPHED BY MR. WELLER IN I902. from one to two stories in height, and the rooms are small. For¬ tunately, every room has at least one win¬ dow. Brick as a building materi¬ al predominates, 33 houses being of that char¬ acter.…
Labor · Dwellings · Working class · Labor movement
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