File:USSAkronOverWashingtonDC.jpg
USS Akron (ZRS-4) flying over Arlington, with the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. in the background, circa 1931-1932.
Note construction work on the Virginia approaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, with the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool at the bridge's D.C. end. The Munitions and Main Navy Buildings are visible on the north (left) side of the Reflecting Pool. Columbia Island can be seen just below and to the right of the airship's tail fins.
Date
circa 1931-1932
Source
Naval Historical Center photograph NH 44099 (direct image URL [1])
Author
U.S. Navy
Permission
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Public domain
(Reusing this file)
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