Washington's tent city. Washington, D.C. May 26. The tents for the 25,000 Scouts who are attending the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D.C. are speedily being erected. This group in the shadow of Washington's Monument has just been completed. 5/26/37
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- 1937
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- Harris & Ewing
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"Washington's tent city. Washington, D.C. May 26. The tents for the 25,000 Scouts who are attending the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D.C. are speedily being erected. This group in the shadow of Washington's Monument has just been completed. 5/26/37" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington%27s_tent_city._Washington,_D.C._May_26._The_tents_for_the_25,000_Scouts_who_are_attending_the_Boy_Scout_Jamboree_in_Washington_D.C._are_speedily_being_erected._This_group_in_the_LCCN2016871752.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 299746.
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