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Dept. of Interior, south face and portico, Doric – Vintage Print

Dept. of Interior, south face and portico, Doric, [between 1859 and 1878] — historic photograph
Dept. of Interior, south face and portico, Doric, [between 1859 and 1878]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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 Dept. of Interior, south face and portico, Doric, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The south face and portico of the Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C., stand out for their Doric colonnade, a plain Greek Revival choice that set the tone for much of the city's federal architecture. The building was constructed in the 1850s and 1860s, a period when Washington was still taking shape as a national capital. This salted paper print comes from an album kept by Benjamin Brown French, who oversaw federal building projects in the city, and it preserves an early view of the structure before its surroundings changed.

Created / published[between 1859 and 1878]
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 22 x 28 cm.
NotesIn album: Benjamin Brown French Photographs
SubjectsUnited States.--Dept. of the Interior--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158135

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