| Caption | Â Â Â | Aerial view of the Reserve Fleet Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 19 May 1955 ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via navsource.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | 80-G-668655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 19 May 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added Date | Â | 13 Oct 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Licensing | Â | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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