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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 89694

"Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings
, Washington, D.C.

Photographed from a Naval Air Station Anacostia airplane flying just to the south of the Washington Monument, 23 May 1919. View looks about WNW, with the Naval Hospital in the center distance. Constitution Avenue, NW, runs along the structures' northern face and 17th Street is in the foreground.
Note the many World War I temporary buildings in the area to the north of Constitution Avenue. The Lincoln Memorial is in the left background, with the Reflecting Pool under construction in front of it.

Courtesy of Mrs. Jean F. Harper, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 September 2001