US Naval Training Center

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Stock #: 279862
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Great Lakes
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Lake
Publisher: Photo Publishing Company
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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This aerial shows Building One with its famous clock tower and a cluster of World War I era buildings. Building One houses the Commandant of the Ninth Naval District and the Commandent of USNTC, Great Lakes. The historic clock tower - with its carillon - rises 100 feet above Ross Field. Building One was the first administration building in use when the base was dedicted by President William H. Taft in 1911. USNTC is located on Lake Michigan, 35 miles north of downtown Chicago and four miles from Waukegan

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