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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Subject
Art Exhibitions
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., c. 1907 real photo postcard
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Back of National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., c. 1907 real photo postcard
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About this subject

Monochrome view of the National Gallery of Art's West Building in Washington, D.C., showing its long neoclassical facade, central columned portico and dome, with rows of small trees along the front and a broad lawn and roadway in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

you are spending the day in this place Amanda, with wish you three [illegible] them.- Heard the President - at the Cemetery yesterday. a thousand words about these. Hope all are well, love Momma will write again after-

PublisherNational Gallery of Art
POST CARD NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART WASHINGTON, D. C. VIEW OF THE BUILDING FROM THE MALL
PostmarkedWashington, DC, November 12, 1941, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Thomas Arnold

601 9th Street, Altavista, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Washington, DC
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Thomas Arnold, 601 9th Street, Altavista, VA
Place depictedNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
PublisherNational Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesBlack-and-white photographic image with no printed caption; film edge/sprocket-like marks at left and light scratches across the sky suggest a print from a negative. Postmark: WASHINGTON D.C. NOV 12 4-PM 1941. Divided-back glossy B&W photo card; slogan cancel 'BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS'. Message written in pencil sideways along the long edge. Light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/national-gallery-of-art-washington-d-c. Accessed October 5, 2026.