Potomac Yard c1917
View of in and. The yard opened in 1906 and closed in 1989. Photo cropped.
- Date
- c. 1917
- Collection
- National Photo Company
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 5,615 × 4,673 pixels
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Reason: National Photo Company collection at the Library of Congress: no known restrictions.
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