Volta Bureau, west (front) elevation and south side, looking east, August 1972
This file appears in: Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House): During Alexander Graham Bell’s years in DC, the Volta Bureau and Laboratory served as his offices.
Credit: Charles Snell, NPS
This file appears in: Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House): During Alexander Graham Bell’s years in DC, the Volta Bureau and Laboratory served as his offices.
Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House): During Alexander Graham Bell’s years in DC, the Volta Bureau and Laboratory served as his offices.
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