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[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with [Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.]

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The subject here is the Department of Commerce's building in Washington, D.C., a federal structure that the record places in the years between 1909 and 1920. The department had been created in 1903 as the Department of Commerce and Labor, and it was split into separate Commerce and Labor departments in 1913. Its permanent headquarters on Constitution Avenue, now the Herbert C. Hoover Building, was not finished until the early 1930s, so this photograph captures the government's earlier efforts to house a growing federal agency in the capital. The print comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial firm that documented Washington streets and public buildings in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1920.
NotesSeries number: 1365. Forms part of: National Photo Company collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsUnited States.--Dept. of Commerce--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920. Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,290 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204690

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