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Reflecting Pool during World War II

Item

Title
Reflecting Pool during World War II
Description
Soon after the US entered World War II in the early 1940s, the government increased tremendously. The Department of Defense expanded rapidly, but there was not enough space for all of the new employees. To accommodate these new workers, the government constructed new, temporary office buildings on the Mall. The Department of Defense intended to tear down the structures when their new home, the Pentagon, opened in Virginia. Some of these "temporary" buildings remained on the Mall until the 1970s.
Date
1942
Source
A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library. View original.
Coverage
1920-1949
Theme
design & monuments
everyday life
military history
work & play
Item sets
Mall History Test
Media
Cornell1942.jpg