State War and Navy bldg. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![State War and Navy bldg., [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a6/a6f11ede9795-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: State War and Navy bldg., 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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State War and Navy bldg.
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Standing just west of the White House, the granite building in this view once held the State, War and Navy departments under one roof. Completed in 1888 to designs by Alfred B. Mullett, its French Second Empire style, with a mansard roof and dense ornament, drew both praise and ridicule from critics of the day. The National Photo Company recorded it on glass negative around 1918 to 1920, and the building now carries the name of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Faint streaks and blemishes on the negative are typical of glass plates from this period.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one. |
| Subjects | Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington, D.C.) Historic buildings. Government facilities. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,285 × 4,230 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229432 |
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