People in Hoover Village

The structures of Hoover Village were hastily assembled after the federal housing reached capacity. Although these homes came equipped with indoor plumbing, in comparison to the migrant labor camps, bathrooms did not have doors and the walls did not have adequate insulation from the snowy winters of New Jersey. Paroled internees sometimes questioned whether these new accommodations represented an improvement over the detention camps.Page 13 from Valdmar Heitur's album entitled "Estonians from Seabrook: First years starting from 1949"