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South portico of the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

South portico of the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1941 — historic photograph
South portico of the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1941. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of South portico of the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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South portico of the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.

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The south portico of the Treasury Building, the colonnaded face that looks toward the White House and the Ellipse, is the subject here, shown as it stood in 1941. Built in the early 1840s, the Treasury was one of the oldest federal office buildings in the capital, and its long columned front was a familiar sight to government workers and visitors alike. This print is one of many photographs the Federal Works Agency made of public buildings in Washington during the early 1940s, when the agency oversaw federal construction and maintenance and documented the city's government architecture.

Created / published1941
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesA Federal Works Agency photo. No. Gu-45. Title from item.
SubjectsTreasury Building (Washington, D.C.). Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,171 × 6,359 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115354

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