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Photo # NH 52931:  Scene in a Main Navy or Munitions Building office, circa 1919

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"Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings --
Interior Views (II-D): Miscellaneous Offices, 1918-1919 (Part 4).


This page features still more pictures 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 52930

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1918-19.
    Numbers on columns indicate that this space is on the third floor, eighth wing, looking south in of one of those buildings. Many of the people present are Navy Yeomen and Yeomen (F).
    This office is the same as seen in Photo # NH 52923, photographed from further back.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52931

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note Victory Liberty Loan posters.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52932

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Civilian and Navy personnel at work in a Main Navy or Munitions Building office, 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52933

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Scene in a mailroom in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1919.
    Note packages on desks and racks, mailbags on the floor in the foreground, and special sorting desks at right.
    The building's adjacent wing is visible through the windows.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52934

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note Victory Liberty Loan posters on the office walls, typewriters, water cooler (at left) and male Chief Yeoman at desk in the left background.
    The Yeoman 3rd Class (F) in the right center foreground has a chevron with a white outline as part of her rating badge.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52935

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in what appears to be a finance office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note typewriters. A check, written on the "Treasury of the United States" is on top of the stack of documents in the right foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52936

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).
    Note typewriters, telephones on every other desk, and ceiling lights with individual pull cord switches.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52937

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Many of the women present are Navy Yeomen (F).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52938

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Navy and civilian personnel at work in a Main Navy or Munitions Building office, 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52939

    Navy Department, Washington, D.C.


    Military and civilian personnel in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, circa 1919.
    Numbers on columns indicate that this space is on the third floor, eighth wing, looking south in of one of those buildings. Many of the people present are Navy Yeomen and Yeomen (F).
    This office is in the same space as seen in Photo # NH 52923, but on the opposite side of the room.
    Note name tags for "Miss Jones" and "Miss Crandall" on desks in the photo center; also Red Cross participation poster on the back wall, proclaiming "We Belong - 100% Strong".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 605 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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