Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Something new in speedy-built forts was built on the grounds of the Bureau of Standards today in four hours. Karl P. Billner, Swedish Inventor, supervised the building of the pill box which was done by his new invention as the vacuum conc
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"Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Something new in speedy-built forts was built on the grounds of the Bureau of Standards today in four hours. Karl P. Billner, Swedish Inventor, supervised the building of the pill box which was done by his new invention as the vacuum conc" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pill-Box_Fort_built_in_four_hours._Washington,_D.C.,_Aug._25._Something_new_in_speedy-built_forts_was_built_on_the_grounds_of_the_Bureau_of_Standards_today_in_four_hours._Karl_P._Billner,_LCCN2016873975.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 292644.
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