Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. To relieve the shortage of housing for Negro women war workers in Washington, the Federal Works Agency (FWA) is completing construction of Wake and Midway Halls, which will accommodate 1,000 women. The project was erected by Samuel Plato, Negro contractor

Government hotel for Negro women war workers. The spacious lounge of the 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Residence Hall, first government constructed hotel for Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C., is shown above. The 322 residents of the hotel will also enjoy a comfortable lobby, a fountain roo

First unit completed in resettlement low-rent housing project, Berwyn Heights, MD. Sept. 30. The first living unit of Greenbelt, the Resettlement Administration's planned city here, built to show what can be done in the low-rent housing field is now completed and ready for occupancy. This picture sh

RA Low-rent housing project completed, Berwyn Heights, MD. Sept. 30. A general view of the first completed unit at Greenbelt, a Resettlement Administration's experiment in the low-rent housing field. This unit is now ready for occupancy

New half-million home of United Mine Workers nearing completion. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Work on the new $500,000 new home of John L. Lewis And his United Mine Workers Organization was being rapidly pushed to completion. Note the penthouse being erected atop the building. It will house a kitchene

Eleanor Roosevelt at Slowe Hall 1

Government hotel for Negro women war workers. Third officer Ina Mae McFadden of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp was one of the first tenants to move into the 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Residence Hall, first government constructed hotel for Negro war workers in Washington, D.C. Lieutenant McFadden

Arlington, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp project for Negroes. General view

Slums. Washington, D.C.