Post-war housing project.

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Title

Post-war housing project.

Subject

City planning -- Watertown (Mass.).; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Watertown (Mass.).; Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Watertown -- History.; Public housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Veterans -- Housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Ford, Robert Mark -- 1925-1944.;

Description

Bulldozing for a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road off Lexington Street in 1949. Robert Ford Road - portion of rough grading looking west. September 7, 1949. 168 brick units were built near the more expensive private apartments of Fairfield Gardens on the Iodice farm. Robert Mark Ford joined the Army on September 8, 1943 and was killed in action June 2, 1944.

Contributor

Watertown Free Public Library

Rights

Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs

Identifier

figure 4377

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Citation

“Post-war housing project. ,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 18, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57236.

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