MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. THE MATERIALS DIVISION OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT BOLLING FIELD HERE TODAY HAD AS ITS GUEST THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY TO VIEW AN AIRCRAFT AND ORDNANCE EXHIBIT. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT WERE SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR LOUIS D. JOHNSON, AND MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, CHIEF OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION. THE EXHIBIT WAS ARRANGED SO THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD VIEW IT FROM HIS CAR. GEN. BRETT IS SHOWN HERE AS HE POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE SHOW TO THE PRESIDENT. JOHNSON AND WOODRING CAN BE SEEN IN THE CAR WITH THEM
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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