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Photo # NH 89694:  Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, photographed from an aircraft, May 1919

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"Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings --
Aerial Views


This page features all our aerial views of Washington's Main Navy and Munitions buildings.

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  • "Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings.

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    Photo #: NH 2502

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

    Photographed from the top of the Washington Monument, circa 1918, looking about west with the Potomac River in the distance. "Main Navy" is the nearer of the two structures, with nine wings as first completed. The "Munitions" building had only eight wings. 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 distance, with the Reflecting Pool under construction in front of it. The Naval Hospital is in the right center background, on the near side of the river.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    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.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92385

    View looking west from the Washington Monument, July 1938.


    Photographed by G.W. Peart. 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. Arlington, Virginia, is in the distance, across the Potomac River.

    Courtesy of the National Park Service.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-14433 (Color)

    Navy Department buildings, Washington, D.C.

    Photographed from the top of the Washington Monument, looking west, in 1943-44.
    The Lincoln Memorial, Potomac River and Memorial Bridge are in the distance. In right center are the "Main Navy"and "Munitions" buildings, showing the fourth stories built atop their wings during the early 1940s and the tenth wing ("Zero Wing" added to the eastern end of "Main Navy" at about that time.
    Temporary buildings on the Washington Monument grounds, in the foreground, were occupied by the Bureau of Ships. Those to the left of the Reflecting Pool held the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 178KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    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.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-1015 (Color)

    West Potomac Park area, Washington, D.C.

    Photographed from an aircraft flying over the Virginia side of the Potomac River, June 1943.
    Memorial Bridge is in the lower left, with the Lincoln Memorial at its northern end. The old Navy Hospital is at the extreme middle left. The "Munitions" and "Main Navy" buildings are in the upper left center, with many World War II temporary buildings behind them on both sides of the Reflecting Pool. The Tidal Basin is in the upper right, with the Jefferson Memorial at the extreme right.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 44099

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Flies over Arlington, Virginia, with the Potomac River and Washington, D.C., in the background, circa 1931-1932.
    Note construction work on the Virginia approaches to the Memorial Bridge, with the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool at the bridge's D.C. end. The Munitions and Main Navy Buildings are visible on the north (left) side of the Reflecting Pool.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     

    For more images related to the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, see:

  • "Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings.


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


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    Page made 22 September 2001
    New image added 5 July 2002