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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