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MLK 14668: Washington Navy Yard, about 1880

Washington Navy Yard, about 1880. Engraving by R. Metzere, published by C. Bohn, depicting the Navy Yard in about 1880, looking north from the hills beyond the southern side of the Anacostia River. The U.S. Capitol is in the left center distance. Note, the difference with this and NH 91863. The Anacostia landscape is different and the vessels appear to be different as well. The sketch in the upper left cannot be made out. Upper right are mines, lower right steamship and ship of the line at the lower left. Courtesy of the Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C.
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Caption: Washington Navy Yard, about 1880. Engraving by R. Metzere, published by C. Bohn, depicting the Navy Yard in about 1880, looking north from the hills beyond the southern side of the Anacostia River. The U.S. Capitol is in the left center distance. Note, the difference with this and NH 91863. The Anacostia landscape is different and the vessels appear to be different as well. The sketch in the upper left cannot be made out. Upper right are mines, lower right steamship and ship of the line at the lower left. Courtesy of the Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C.
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