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Western Bonus Army lays siege to Capitol, spend night on plaza lawns Photo by Underwood & Underwood

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Western Bonus Army lays siege to Capitol, spend night on plaza lawns Photo by Underwood & Underwood

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Photograph shows World War I reclining on the U.S. Capitol lawn to demand immediate payment of their bonuses, which were not redeemable until 1945.

"80219."
Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Military section.
Annenberg batch 14

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01/01/1932
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No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Underwood & Underwood," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/468_unde.html

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