Company Housing—Tunnel book structure with gate opening. 7.5” x 4” x 2.25″ closed, opens to 20”. Canson Edition paper, museum board, Velcro tabs. Manipulated digital images. Inkjet printed.

Our family moved into company housing at the Universal Atlas Cement plant in Independence, Kansas, in the summer of 1945. My mother raised five children in company housing and waged an endless battle with the dust. I have fond memories of growing up in this place. The houses were moved into town in 1959. The plant fell silent when production ended in 2008 and it was razed in 2011.