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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 92386

View looking west from the Washington Monument, 1 November 1943.


Photographed by George A. Grant. Features seen include (from left to right): West Potomac Park; the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial and Memorial Bridge beyond; and "Main Navy" and "Munitions"buildings.
Note new World War II temporary buildings built on both sides of the Reflecting Pool, connected by two covered foot bridges across the pool, and other temporary buildings in West Potomac Park, at the far left.

Courtesy of the National Park Service.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 September 2001