The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 100National Geographic Society, 1951 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 114
... building boom gripped the United States . Home construction outstripped all past performance with 1,595 , - 000 new dwelling units started , including some 200,000 farm homes . And four out of five houses are built of wood . Housing and ...
... building boom gripped the United States . Home construction outstripped all past performance with 1,595 , - 000 new dwelling units started , including some 200,000 farm homes . And four out of five houses are built of wood . Housing and ...
Page 413
... building . The construction contract was secured for the James Baird Company , Washington and New York , by Thomas W. McKnew , then vice president of the Baird firm and now Secretary of the National Geographic Society . Later Mr. McKnew ...
... building . The construction contract was secured for the James Baird Company , Washington and New York , by Thomas W. McKnew , then vice president of the Baird firm and now Secretary of the National Geographic Society . Later Mr. McKnew ...
Page 787
... Building rests as cargo on a muck . Calculating the weight of the build- ing , engineers excavated the equivalent mass of soil . In the hole they shaped a giant con- crete tub and on all sides anchored jacks , so that if one side tilted ...
... Building rests as cargo on a muck . Calculating the weight of the build- ing , engineers excavated the equivalent mass of soil . In the hole they shaped a giant con- crete tub and on all sides anchored jacks , so that if one side tilted ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days By Newman Bumstead With 34 illustrations | 9 |
Colorados Friendly Topland Rocky Mountains By Robert M Ormes With 19 illus | 9 |
The Ghosts of Jericho Jordan By James L Kelso 825 | 19 |
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