Postcard of the Patent Office Building

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

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.)

Notes

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

Date

c. 1915-1930

Standard number

SIA2011-2297 (front) and SIA2011-2298 (back)

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Postcard

Paper

Physical description

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

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Buildings

Museum buildings

Architecture--Washington (D.C.)