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Wood, Edith Elmer, 1871-1945 Introduction to Housing Facts and Principles.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.319 Author/Creator: Wood, Edith Elmer, 1871-1945 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: December 1939 Pagination: 161 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

One item entitled, "Introduction to Housing Facts and Principles," by Edith Elmer Wood dated December 1939. Item relays various aspects of the housing situation in the lates 1930s: living conditions of Americans, health rates affected by poor housing, crime related to poor housing, city planning, taxes, and housing shortage of 1938. Also includes appendixes related to real property inventories, sumarry tables, legislation and other projects funded by the United States Housing Authority.

Wood, Edith Elmer, 1871-1945

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