- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
- Creator:
- A.C. Bosselman & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
- Publisher:
- New York, New York: A. C. Bosselman Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1901/1919
- Subject:
- Historic sites--Washington (D.C.)
Historic buildings--Washington (D.C.)
Patent offices--Washington (D.C.)
Postcards--Washington (D.C.) - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (tinted halftone, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled – Patent Office, Washington, D.C. The historic Old Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C. covers an entire city block defined by F and G Streets and 7th and 9th Streets NW in Chinatown. It served as one of the earliest United States Patent Office buildings. Designed in the Greek Revival style by architect Robert Mills, construction started in 1836, and the massive structure took 31 years to complete. Once home to many early government departments, including the first exhibits of the Smithsonian, today the structure houses two museums of the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage affixed: green Franklin one cent stamp. Card number 611.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-525
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-525#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-525/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : tinted halftone. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
