Construction of the State,War,Navy Dept. building,Wash.,DC,1879-1886

Construction of the State, War, and Navy Dept. building, Wash., D.C., Aug. 23, 1879-Feb. 24, 1886
Title: Construction of the State, War, and Navy Dept. building, Wash., D.C., Aug. 23, 1879-Feb. 24, 1886
Date Created/Published: 1879-1886.
Summary: Photographs documenting the various stages of construction of the State, War, and Navy Building (Old Executive Office Building) from the early stages of the construction of the north wing (1879) to the near completion of the west and center wings (1886). Includes a view of the interior of the 'Indian Treaty Room,' and a view of the Navy Department Library.
Notes:
Dates were inscribed on glass negatives. Thought to be the most complete documentation in existence. A note in the G.S.A. Historical Study, no. 3 (1964) indicates that at the time 'only seven ... of the surviving construction photographs ... have been found.'
LOT title and other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana Photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
Source unknown.
Subjects:
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington, D.C.)--1870-1890.
Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1890.
Building construction--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1890.
Albumen prints--1870-1880.
Cyanotypes--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2004667140/
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