D.C. Washington. Dept. of Commerce Building. 1932. Exterior. Detail [showing 3 gates] – Historic Photograph Print
![D.C. Washington. Dept. of Commerce Building. 1932. Exterior. Detail [showing 3 gates], c1932 March 3. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5b/5b77d17b9723-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of D.C. Washington. Dept. of Commerce Building. 1932. Exterior. Detail [showing 3 gates]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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D.C. Washington. Dept. of Commerce Building. 1932. Exterior. Detail [showing 3 gates]
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The detail here is the row of three ornamental gates that frame the exterior, which the caption card identifies as the subject, set against the Department of Commerce Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington. The building was completed around 1932, when the federal government was constructing a large group of monumental office buildings along the avenue. Its austere limestone facade reflects the stripped classical style favored for federal architecture of the period. The gates and their metalwork are the kind of detail that shows how the designers paired function with formal, dignified ornament.
| Created / published | c1932 March 3. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J11086 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gates; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,181 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144615 |
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