Aids in Low Cost Housing Heavy machinery used for grading and other earth moving operations such as ditch digging contribute to lower costs in housing construction, according to Spiros Ponty, one of the ten leading builders in Los Angeles County. Ponty, along with several other Los Angeles builders, hopes to bring down the present selling price of homes to $5,000. He believes it can be done through mass buying, mass construction and mass selling.

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Title:
Aids in Low Cost Housing Heavy machinery used for grading and other earth moving operations such as ditch digging contribute to lower costs in housing construction, according to Spiros Ponty, one of the ten leading builders in Los Angeles County. Ponty, along with several other Los Angeles builders, hopes to bring down the present selling price of homes to $5,000. He believes it can be done through mass buying, mass construction and mass selling.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Machinery ... Large + Small
Photographer:
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Name on Item:
Wide World
Date:
[ca. January 1947]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Machinery
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 183 x 232 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138nn59j
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001450_0039
Barcode:
39999088103716