May 1942. Washington, D.C. "Wartime construction in vicinity of federal government buildings — lower 14th Street improvement project. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence Avenue and 14th and 16th Streets. Steel piles to be driven as supports for bridge structure."
March 1942. Washington, D.C. "Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets N.W., seen from the top of the Washington Monument."
[Photos: Shorpy/John Ferrell for the Office of War Information]
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