Portable houses being built by the American Expeditionary Forces () during World War One. A retaining strip is being placed on trusses to hold the roof panels. Photograph taken on March 20, 1918, by Lieutenant Boernstein. Censored and released on March 25, 1918, by the War College Division Laboratory. Note: Photo number 6695, series 23, image 13.

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