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Department of State (State, War and Navy Building), Washington, D.C., circa 1940

Subjects
City Halls & CourthousesPatriotic
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Department of State (State, War and Navy Building), Washington, D.C., circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Department of State (State, War and Navy Building), Washington, D.C., circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A large Second Empire-style government office building with a mansard roof, dormers and tall chimneys, seen from the street behind an iron fence and low stone wall, with an American flag flying from the roof. The caption names it the Department of State; the building is the old State, War and Navy Building (now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building) next to the White House, designed by Alfred B. Mullett and completed in 1888. The State Department occupied it until moving to Foggy Bottom in the late 1940s, which dates this view to roughly that era.

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PublisherColourpicture Publishers, Inc.
Department of State, Washington, D. C. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES 10018 A 'COLOURPICTURE' PUBLICATION, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE THE WASHINGTON NEWS COMPANY © TENSCHERT
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PublisherColourpicture Publishers, Inc.
ConditionVery good
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; narrow white border; no writing on front. No postmark, stamp, address, or message — unused card. Divided-back linen-era card with blue printed headings; light soiling and faint foxing on the cream stock.

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Department of State (State, War and Navy Building), Washington, D.C., circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/department-of-state-state-war-and-navy-building-washington-d. Accessed October 25, 2026.