Collapsible one-room house developed as a portable unit for use by armed force

Title (Dublin Core): Collapsible one-room house developed as a portable unit for use by armed force
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): "Suitcase houses" for the army
extracted text (Extract Text): A COLLAPSIBLE one-room house that
can be taken out of a “suitcase” and
set up in three minutes has been developed
as a portable unit for use by our armed
forces. Erected, the 16 by 15 1/2 -foot house pro-
vides floor space of 250 square feet. Folded
(see inset), it fits in a case eight feet wide,
16 1/2 feet long, and less than 26 inches thick.
William B. Stout, noted designer, has pro-
vided walls that fold open and shut like an
accordion. The exterior of the 2,500-pound
house, made by the Palace Corp., of Flint,
Mich., is Homasote and noncritical lumber.
Below, four stages in the erecting of one
of these units, which the Army uses as
kitchens, shops, offices, and first-aid stations.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-02
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 69
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America