Volta Bureau, west (front) elevation and north side, looking southeast, August 1972
This file appears in: Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House)
Credit: Charles Snell, NPS
This file appears in: Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House)
Volta Bureau and Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory; Bell Carriage House)
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