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A map of the
United States Naval Academy
, as it appeared in 1924. Established in 1845, the
service academy
educates and prepares officers for commissioning into the
United States Navy
and the
United States Marine Corps
. During the 1920s, the academy's athletics program began its era of success, taking a gold medal at the
1920 Summer Olympics
and tying the
University of Washington
in the
1924 Rose Bowl
.
Map: C.E. Miller; restoration:
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