Engineers operating a high-power searchlight in Potomac Park, Washington, The photo was taken in December 1917 during World War I. It was captured by a photographer from the Engineer Corps of the Army. The photograph was later released to the Committee on Public Information () and marked with laboratory notes 755.

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