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Description: Main Navy Building (foreground) and the Munitions Building were temporary structures built during World War I on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The buildings remained in use for several decades, and the Secretary of War was headquartered in the Munitions Building from 1936 until the Pentagon opened in 1943.
Title: Main Navy Building and Munitions Building on the Washington National Mall, 1918
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pl-usa/pl-dc/nav-fac/mn-mun-c.htm
Author: United States Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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