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The Naval Academy Campus on a 1924 Map

This Annapolis map records Naval Academy grounds and improvements through June 1924.

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Source: University of Texas Libraries.

Now this is one of the cooler maps that we’ve found. It shows the campus of the Naval Academy in 1924.

"United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, Map of Reservations on S.W. Bank of Severn River showing Improvements to June, 1924"
“United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, Map of Reservations on S.W. Bank of Severn River showing Improvements to June, 1924”. Source: University of Texas Libraries.
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