Digest>Jul/Aug 2011
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The new Department of Commerce Building as in appeared in the early 1930s. At the time, it was reported to be the largest building in the world. The U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses, under the direction of George Rockwell Putnam, operated under the Department of Commerce. (Courtesy Library of Congress.) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2011
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George Rockwell Putnam
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