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Control room, waterworks. Conduit Road, Washington, D.C

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Temp. note: usf34batch2

Film copy on SIS roll 27, frame 689.

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district of columbia washington dc nitrate negatives edwin rosskam photo control room conduit road ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1940
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district of columbia
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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district of columbia washington dc nitrate negatives edwin rosskam photo control room conduit road ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress