HOUSE PAINTED IN THREE MINUTES
Thirty-five men painted a new, five-roomed cottage in 3 minutes 13.2 seconds on May 25 and claimed a world’s speed record in America. An estimated 2,000 spectators cheered the men as they coated the house white. The dwelling will be occupied soon by Joseph Valentine, a war veteran, and his family. A few days earlier 38 men painted a house in 5 minutes 34.2 seconds. .
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 99, 15 July 1946, Page 5
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70HOUSE PAINTED IN THREE MINUTES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 99, 15 July 1946, Page 5
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