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A vintage map of the Navy Yard, Washington DC. This beautifully detailed plan from the public domain was published in 1881 and shows the position and dimensions of all the buildings as they were June 1st 1881. An index at the bottom right of the map shows the position of Officers Quarters and Yard Buildings. This reproduction map has been restored and converted to black and white, but still shows some signs of age.

I'm a travel photographer and photo artist. I like to explore every nook and cranny of anywhere I visit and I'm always looking out for something unusual or unique, weird and wonderful, interesting and intriguing. For me, half the challenge is in the initial taking of the photo, the looking for something that catches my attention, getting that perfect composition, but the other half is in the processing, the tweaking and twisting and the addition of a little imagination to see how much detail I can bring to the surface and hopefully let the viewer see the same as I did when I took the shot. My images have been shot here, there and everywhere, mainly in the historic cities of Europe and with the occasional one taken in my own surroundings...