Building in courtyard, post office extension – Vintage Wall Art
![Building in courtyard, post office extension, [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7b/7bc14cbd38bb-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 Building in courtyard, post office extension. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Building in courtyard, post office extension
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The title points to a courtyard view of a building under construction as an addition to a post office, with the photograph taken sometime between about 1852 and 1860. The record notes that these details come from an unverified caption card, so the exact site and builder are not confirmed here. Mid-19th-century America saw rapid growth in federal and municipal office space as postal service expanded, and photographs like this one record how such additions were built in tight urban lots. Its value lies in showing the scaffolding, masonry, and yard work of an everyday construction project from the years before the Civil War.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160641 |
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