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New Department of Interior building, Washington, D.C. / Commercial Photo Co., Washington, D.C. – Antique Photo Print

New Department of Interior building, Washington, D.C. / Commercial Photo Co., Washington, D.C., 1936 Dec. 29. — historic photograph
New Department of Interior building, Washington, D.C. / Commercial Photo Co., Washington, D.C., 1936 Dec. 29.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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New Department of Interior building, Washington, D.C. / Commercial Photo Co., Washington, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This December 1936 view shows the new Department of the Interior building in Washington shortly before its completion, with the interior and lobby work in focus. The photograph was taken by Commercial Photo Co. for the contractor, George A. Fuller Co., and the building was one of the large federal structures erected along the Federal Triangle in the 1930s. Its stone-clad, monumental design reflected the government's effort to give the capital a unified civic character during the Depression. Images like this one document both the construction process and the finished spaces that were meant to project the department's public presence.

Created / published1936 Dec. 29.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesGeorge A. Fuller Co., builders. No. 162.
SubjectsUnited States.--Dept. of the Interior--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Construction--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Lobbies--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181196

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