Navy Department, World War I

Item

Item sets
Mall Histories
Washington
Title
Navy Department, World War I
Creator
US Department of the Navy
Date
1918
Description
For more than five decades, the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings dominated the scenery along Constitution Avenue for a third of a mile west of the Washington Monument. Erected in 1918 as "temporary" office buildings to support the vastly expanded World War I military, more than 14,000 military and civilian personnel worked there. Clacking typewriters, ringing as workers returned the carriage to start new lines of text, and jangling telephones echoed in the community work space.
Source
Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC . View original.
Coverage
1890-1919
Original Format
photo