Title

Agricultural Department, Washington, D.C.', c1897.

Caption

'Agricultural Department, Washington, D.C.', c1897. On May 15, 1862, during the Civil War, Congress approves the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Construction began on the first Department of Agriculture Building on the National Mall in 1867. From "A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co., London, c1897]

Date

1897

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F13_059

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81,1Mb (3,6Mb) / 20,0in x 15,7in / 6008 x 4719 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph exterior outdoors city road building government architecture garden gardens arts MID-ATLANTIC country book view lane Washington avenue New World Washington DC District of Columbia location Victorian century architectural vista literature facade concept B&W capital city MONOCHROME landscaped region United States of America Day 19th century National Mall black & white black and white B W façade nineteenth century American history historic America USA The Print Collector TGN outside street building exterior photograph united states Unknown Cromwell George Co George Cromwell Professor George Cromwell Professor George R Cromwell George R Cromwell Department of Agriculture Tour Through the New World America George R Geo R Cromwell CN Greig & Co CN Greig &