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The Past

In "The Past," on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the building, an aged figure with a scroll and closed book imparting the knowledge of past generations "stares down the corridors of time." The words on the base enjoin, "Study the Past."

"The Past,"
1933-1935
'Past'
By Robert I. Aitken

National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
Record Group 64

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