Project Hanford Trailer Camp, 1944
In 1943 the Federal Government began construction of a huge top secret facility in arid southeast Washington in the Hanford/Richland area, as part of the "Manhattan Project". This 586 square mile site became known as "Project Hanford" and would eventually house 9 nuclear reactors and 5 plutonium processing plants that would produce plutonium for the atomic bombs that the government would later drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, in the hopes of ending World War II. Some of the workers at the facility lived in government-provided bungalows in the Project Hanford complex, but thousands of others lived in trailers and mobile homes that were parked in an established area dubbed the "Hanford Trailer Camp" or "Camp Hanford Trailer City". This early Trailer Park included more than 3000 trailers and housed over 51,000 workers and their families. Most of these families brought their own trailers but some rented trailers from the government. These rare black and white DDRS government photos provide an amazing glimpse into the past, and what it must have been like to work at a top secret government facility and live in Camp Hanford's Trailer City in a 1940's trailer!
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Government photo provides an aerial view of a huge collection of worker's vintage trailers, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Trailer Park Aerial View
Government photo shows a worker's 1940's vintage protected by a lattice shade cover at the Project Hanford Trailer City
Hanford Trailer Camp
Trailer Under Lattice Cover
Government photo shows a 1940's vintage travel trailer with an attached wooden shack at the Project Hanford Trailer City
Hanford Trailer Camp
Small Trailer and Wood Shed
Government photo shows a young family with their 1940's vintage canned ham travel trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Family Shares Coffee
Historical photo shows the interior of a 1940's model canned ham trailer supplied by the Government, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Interior: Government Trailer
Old photo shows the interior of a 1940's model canned ham trailer supplied by the Government, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Govmnt Canned Ham Trailer
Government photo shows the kitchen area in a 1940's model canned ham trailer supplied by the Government, at Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Kitchen in Government Trailer
Government photo shows the interior in a 1940's model canned ham trailer supplied by the Government, at Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Interior of Government Trailer
Historical photo of a 1940's worker's trailer, surrounded by a beautiful white picket fence, at Project Hanford Trailer City
Hanford Trailer Camp
Neat White Picket Fence
This view shows a woman tending to her vegatable garden next to her family's vintage trailer, at Project Hanford Trailer City
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Tending Her Garden
Old photo shows the plaid couch in a 1940's Government Model Trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp
Hanford Trailer Camp
Vintage Plaid Couch
Old photo shows a group of Vintage Trailers that housed workers and their families, at the Hanford Trailer Camp
Hanford Trailer Camp
Group of Worker's Trailers
Government photo shows a group of 1940's Travel Trailers that housed workers and their families, at Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Group of Worker's Trailers
Historical photo shows a newly arrived travel trailer being backed into place, at Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Backing in New Trailer
Old photo shows a woman proudly displaying her scale model travel trailer, at Project Hanford Trailer City
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Displays Trailer Model
This view shows acres of 1940's vintage trailers that housed wmployees and their families, at Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Acres of Vintage Trailers
Historical photo shows a pretty woman dressed up and painting her picket fence, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Paints Her Fence
Vintage photo of a woman hoeing her garden near the camp trailers in the 1940's, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Hoeing Her Garden
Old photo shows a young girl watering the garden outside family home next to their 1940's vintage trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Girl Waters Her Garden
Vintage photo shows a woman visiting a family's home next to their 1940's vintage trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Visiting Trailer
Historical photo shows a wooden shade cover built over a beautiful 1940's vintage trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Shade Cover Over Trailer
Vintage photo shows a family and their dog, sitting outside their 1940's vintage trailer, at the Hanford Trailer Camp in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Family and Vintage Trailer
Government photo shows a collection of small vintage trailers from the 1940's, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Group of Small Trailers
Old photo of a woman relaxing on her vintage trailer's couch with her cat, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Woman Relaxes With Her Cat
Vintage photo of a mother reading to her son next to the Christmas tree in a vintage trailer, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Mother and Son at Christmas
Government photo shows the worker's 1940's trailers under shade covers, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Worker's Trailers
Historical photo shows empty trailer spots available for worker's trailers, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Empty Trailer Spots
Vintage photo provides an aerial view of a huge collection of worker's vintage trailers, at the Project Hanford Trailer City in Washington
Hanford Trailer Camp
Worker's Trailer City
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