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The East facade of the Richland Transient Quarters in Late 1943. The construction scaffolding is still in place.

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A residential street in Richland. A few houses are under construction. The land adjacent to the neighborhood is undeveloped.

An unidentified, office-like facility in Richland. The surrounding roads are not paved.

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A closer view of an auto service facility in Richland. Tires, auto repairing and polishing signs are clearer on this photo. Fuel, washing and sales were some of the other services provided at the facility.

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Housing Area #31 in Richland. One and two-story homes are somewhat aligned on the dirt road. Some are occupied, others are still under construction.

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A railroad stop with a small industrial center with power and water facilities. A "Danger: High Voltage" sign is displayed on the fence outside Building 145 where one set of tracks becomes two.

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Two rows of pumps on top of one another. The top row is numbered 21 through 27.

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A Protestant Church in Richland. The sanctuary constitutes nearly the entire building.

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A pipe system enclosed by support beams that spans most of the rooms and nearly to the ceiling. A ladder on the wall leads to a second level of the indoor structure.

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The upper floor of an indoor processing facility at Hanford with several horizontal wheel valves situated on a metal grate platform. The structure in the room continues further up with stairs to more machinery and an exit on the third floor.

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Top of the pile building at one of the Hanford reactors. The safety rods are partially raised and all set at the same level.

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Safety rods in motion on top of the pile at one of the Hanford reactors.

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Tall metal shafts in motion at an indoor processing facility at Hanford.

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Safety rods in motion on top of the pile at one of the Hanford reactors.

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The floor on top of the pile at one of the Hanford reactors, with long safety rods in their fully extended position past the photo frame. The area with the grid of safety rods is surrounded by a simple wooden fence. Five large metal tanks line the…

Post office during business hours at Camp Hanford. US Flag stands on the roof of the building.

Insets: Post Office; (unreadable)

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Buses leave the 200 Area. Photo from the top of a guard tower.

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View from a guard tower as buses pass by into the 200 Area.

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View from a guard tower as vehicles continue on their way into the 200 Area

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A caravan of trucks with people packed in the beds pass by the "I Want You to be a Full Time Safe Worker" sign near the Hanford Site.

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Ground leveled and outlined for a new building. The foundation has not been put in place yet.

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Foundational construction within a small excavated area near the Columbia River.

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A group of eleven men discuss a project. Some are dressed formally, others in uniform.

Insets: D 6237

Over 200 people gather closely in an auditorium waiting for the 1944 election results to come in.

Insets: D-7093 CAMP HANFORD NOV. '44 WAITING ELECTION RESULTS (FDR)