Postcard of the Patent Office Building

Object Details

Author: B.S. Reynolds Co. Washington, DC
Subject: Patent Office Building (POB); American Art and Portrait Galleries Building; Patent Office; Smithsonian American Art Museum; National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: The National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Galleries, moved out of the Natural History Building and into the Old Patent Office Building in May 1968 after it was vacated by the Civil Service Commission.; The postcard is numbered 3739 in the bottom left-hand corner on the front.; The postcard is located in Accession 11-271, which is part of Record Unit 95.
Summary: Postcard of the Patent Office Building shows people walking in front of the building and on the street. The message side is unused, but it has a short printed note about the building: "U.S. Patent Office. The Department of the Interior building is popularly called the Patent Office." The front of the postcard has a white border.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 25
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

c. 1915-1930

Physical description: Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Buildings; Museum buildings; Architecture--Washington (D.C.); Postcard; Museums