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General Post Office building – Antique Photo Print

General Post Office building, 1860 June 14. — historic photograph
General Post Office building, 1860 June 14.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: General Post Office building, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This view shows the General Post Office building in Washington, D.C., photographed on June 14, 1860, and preserved in an album assembled by Benjamin Brown French. French served as commissioner of public buildings in the capital, so his collection documents federal structures under his supervision. The Post Office Department occupied a Greek Revival building at F and Seventh Streets, completed in the late 1830s and designed by Robert Mills, who also worked on the nearby Patent Office. The print is a salted paper photograph, an early process whose soft, warm tones are worth noticing.

Created / published1860 June 14.
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 36.5 x 45 cm.
NotesIn album: Benjamin Brown French Photographs
SubjectsUnited States.--Post Office Dept.--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1860. Post offices--Washington (D.C.)--1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,305 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158063

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