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NH 57936 Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

Photo #: NH 57936 Washington Navy Yard, D.C.
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Title: Washington Navy Yard, D.C.
Description: View in the north central part of the Navy Yard, taken by Brady & Company in June 1866. The building at the right, with a Bureau of Ordnance shield above the door, bears a sign identifying it as a Shell House. It has a large number of round shot and what appear to be rifled gun projectiles stacked by its side. The photograph looks west and slightly south from the roof of a building located on the site of the present (1997) Quarters N & O. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 57936
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