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Photo # NH 52928:  Navy Department office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918

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"Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings --
Interior Views (II-C): Miscellaneous Offices, 1918-1919 (Part 3).


This page features further picture coverage of miscellaneous offices inside the Main Navy and Munitions buildings, in 1918-1919.

For other 1918-19 Main Navy and Munitions Buildings interior views, see:

  • "Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings -- Interior Views (II).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 52920

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Civilian and Naval personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918.
    Desk in the right middle distance bears a name tag for Mr. Levine.
    Note typewriter and wire "in" baskets on the desk in the foreground, electric fans on pillar brackets, and World War I posters on the walls.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52921

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Civilian and Naval personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918.
    Note Underwood typewriter on the desk in the foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52922

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in a filing section office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1918-19.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note filing bins on desks in the foreground, steel filing cabinets around office perimeter, and lockers in the distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52923

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1918-19.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note Yeoman (F) working at the specialized filing desk in the right foreground. Next desk to the left bears the name tag "Miss Harris".
    This office is the same as seen in Photo # NH 52930, photographed from further down in the space. Numbers on the columns indicate that this office is on the third floor, eighth wing, looking south.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52924

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Scene in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918.
    Desk at right bears a name tag for Mr. Cotter.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52925

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1918-19.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    This may be an office in the Bureau of Navigation, as many of the documents present appear to be personnel records.
    Note coat and hat rack at left, with many women's "sailor" type hats, some of which are Yeoman (F) uniform hats.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52926

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Scene in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1919, with both civilian and Navy personnel at work.
    Large book on the desk in left foreground is entitled "Thomas' Register - American Manufacturers".
    Note typewriters and telephones.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52927

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1918-19.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note Warrant Officer standing in left center, typewriters and telephones.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52928

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918, with both civilian and Navy personnel at work.
    Note telephones and many documents on the desks.
    Windows on adjoining walls indicate that this office was at the end of one of the building's wings.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52929

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Civilian and Navy personnel at work in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, April 1919 (note calendar on pillar at right).
    Two desks (to the left) have name tags, for Miss Maxwell and Miss Foreman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For other 1918-19 Main Navy and Munitions Buildings interior views, see:

  • "Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings -- Interior Views (II).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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