Green Valley Trailer Camp
Description:
In 1942 the federal government created emergency wartime housing to assist African American residents from Queen City displaced by the construction of the Pentagon. They constructed a trailer camp on mud flats on the outskirts of the Green Valley neighborhood. Entire families squeezed into trailers equipped with stoves for heat and cooking, convertible couch-beds meant to sleep four people, and no running water. The trailer camp was closed shortly after the war.
Collection:
Neighborhoods
Date:
April 1942
Creator:
Marjory Collins (photographer)
Subject
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Rights
No known restriction.Citation
Marjory Collins (photographer), “Green Valley Trailer Camp,” Built By the People Themselves, accessed April 23, 2024, https://lindseybestebreurtje.org/arlingtonhistory/items/show/43.
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