General Post Office in Washington D.C.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0874 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy
A view from across a dirt street of the post office in Washington D.C. Across the dirt streets, leading from brick sidewalk to brick sidewalk are stone crosswalks. The post office is constructed in a Georgian manner, on a street reminiscent of London. Inscription on verso: "Post Office Wash 1865." Numeric notation on verso: "164."
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