Shanty towns built out of scraps of tar paper cardboard scrap metal etc that sheltered the homeless Named after President Hoover Here were all these people living in old rustedout car bodies There were people living in shacks made out of orange crates One family with a whole lot of kid ID: 620657
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Shanty towns built out of scraps of tar paper, cardboard, scrap metal, etc. that sheltered the homeless
Named after President Hoover
“Here were all these people living in old, rusted-out car bodies. There were people living in shacks made out of orange crates. One family with a whole lot of kids was living in a piano box.”
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“On May 20, 1942, the Tacoma Fire Department, under the direction of the Coast Guard, razed the shanties located in a six block area on the Tacoma
Tideflats
. The area, known as "Hollywood on the
Tideflats
," was being destroyed as a wartime security measure for the industries located there. The 50 or so shacks began as a Depression era "
Hooverville
." They were constructed from scrap lumber and materials by people who had lost their homes and livelihoods. Most of the current residents were around 60 years of age. (T. Times 5/20/1942 p.1)”