US places:historical views Gallery

Department of State and the Army and Navy, Washington DC, 1882

New building for the Departments of State, Army, and Navy (later called the Executive Office Building), Washington DC, 1882.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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New Library of Congress building, 1890s

Main hall and grand staircase of the new Library of Congress building, 1890s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Early view of the White House, 1807

East front of the White House with porticos added, circa 1807.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by architect Benjamin H. Latrobe

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