United States Dept. of Agriculture Building Search this
Physical description:
Number 2of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 8.5w x 6h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Stereoscopic view
Type:
Exterior
Stereoscopic view
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1868
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Stereoview mounted on yellow cardboard. M. Cudlip, Publisher, Stereoscopic Views, Washington, D.C. For further information on the old Agriculture Department Building, see James M. Goode's "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings," pgs. 316-318.
Summary:
In 1862 Congress established a separate Department of Agriculture for the purpose of promoting the art of husbandry and the general diffusion of agricultural knowledge, and also for the importation and distribution of the most valuable seeds of foreign and domestic growth. The United States Department of Agriculture building was built in 1867 and razed in 1930. In 1868 a staff of 72 was able to occupy its new headquarters on the Mall.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 67, Folder 19A
