print email comment close Quonset: Metal Living for a Modern Age URL: http://quonsethuts.org Description: Information about Quonset huts from a companion website to a 2005-2006 exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art (and traveling to other Alaska and Northwest locations). These portable buildings made of arched-ribbed metal originated in World War II as military shelters. Includes Quonset oral histories and panoramic views of two Quonset structures. Extra Keywords prefab Second World War Two WWII Library of Congress Subject Headings: Buildings, Prefabricated Housing Quonset huts LII Database Information: Record 19641 created by Jennifer English on 11/07/2005 Last modification on 11/10/2005 Published: 11/10/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19641