Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the Potomac Park Basin with the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., circa 1935

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Rivers & Streams
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the Potomac Park Basin with the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., circa 1935, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A view across the water of the Potomac Park Basin toward the massive white Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with the Washington Monument rising at the left against a sunset sky and young trees along the near shore. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, completed in 1914 on Raoul Wallenberg Place, produces U.S. paper currency, stamps and securities; the Tidal Basin setting and the card's linen texture point to the 1930s. The Washington Monument, finished in 1884, anchors the composition at left.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Mar-13-1940 To Minnie Rayner, from Chas. S. Werdig 1619 - Irving St, N.E. Washington, D.C.

PublisherB. S. Reynolds Co.

M516:—NEW BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING ON POTOMAC PARK BASIN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 40830 --- POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE PUB. BY B. S. REYNOLDS CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. METROCRAFT EVERETT MASS. THE BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING Is a branch of the United States Treasury and the most interesting part of its work is keeping the nation supplied with money. It gives employment to about 4,000 people and its average total daily output is between six and seven million dollars in value. Besides the engraving of plates for, and printing the United States Gold and silver certificates and national bank notes, here are also made postage and Internal Revenue stamps, checks, bonds and all government paper securities. THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS

Addressed to

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FromChas. S. Werdig, 1619 Irving St. N.E., Washington, DC

Postcard record

Publisher	B. S. Reynolds Co.
Series	M516
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Washington Monument, Washington, DC
Place depicted	Washington, DC
Place sent from	Chas. S. Werdig, 1619 Irving St. N.E., Washington, DC
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; card number 40830 printed at lower right. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture card with white border; pencil note dated Mar 13 1940 on the writing side; light edge wear and slight toning.

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Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the Potomac Park Basin with the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing-on-the-potomac-park-basin-w. Accessed October 24, 2026.