Charlestown, Indiana 1940s trailer camp photograph

Description: Photograph of winter time at one of Charlestown, Indianas trailer camps during World War II. The US government built an ammunition plant near Charlestown in 1941 which employed over 20,000 people. Trailer camps like this one appeared in the surrounding area to handle the lack of housing.
Origin: 1941
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/12280
Collection: Clark County Collections
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Geography: Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana
38.440206, -85.661015
Subjects: Charlestown (Ind.)
Trailer camps
Clark County (Ind.)

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