Housing Project In Key West

Material Information

Abstract:: A woman looks on at a departing car. On the back of the photo, it states "War booms Key West, Florida. Wartime installations in Key West are so big that a third of the town has been slowly swallowed by the Navy. It is now, perhaps, the most important spot on the map of the Caribbean area. Key West repairs and supplies and berths ships from the Seven Seas. New War housing pops up on all adies. 780 dwelling units in low cost housing project, 900 more in two War housing groups, and 350 little frame homes that are selling for $3,500 and bought before they are finished. Key West had only 12,000 persons before the war. It now has 40,000. Here is a view down a street in one of the two new war housing project." Dated March 17, 1943 ( en )
General Note:: From the DeWolfe and Wood Collection.

Source Institution:: Florida International University
Holding Location:: History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.
Rights Management:: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Resource Identifier:: FI19091155 ( MM00032418 )