War S[tate] and Navy Departments Washington D.C. – Antique Wall Art
![War S[tate] and Navy Departments Washington D.C., 1891 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5e/5ebbdbc05116-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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A window into the past: War S[tate] and Navy Departments Washington D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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War S[tate] and Navy Departments Washington D.C.
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Just west of the White House stands the granite bulk of the State, War and Navy Building, shown here as it looked in 1891. Architect Alfred B. Mullett's Second Empire design, finished in 1888 after nearly two decades of construction, gave three departments a single home and made it one of the largest office buildings in the country at the time. Stereo cards like this one, issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, were viewed through a stereoscope to create a three-dimensional effect. The building now bears the name of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
| Created / published | 1891 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | 42780 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 253. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington D.C.)--1890-1900. Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,764 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271141 |
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