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

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

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

About this postcard

Across the Potomac Park Basin, the white Bureau of Printing and Engraving fills the middle distance, with the Washington Monument rising at the left against a sunset sky and young trees along the near shore. The printed caption calls it the new Bureau of Printing and Engraving and describes a Treasury branch that employed about 4,000 people and turned out six to seven million dollars a day in gold and silver certificates, national bank notes, postage and Internal Revenue stamps, checks, bonds, and other government securities. The name is printed in reverse; the agency is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The building had opened in 1914, and the Washington Monument, finished in 1884, anchors the view 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. 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 cer- tificates and national bank notes, here are also made postage and Internal Revenue stamps, checks, bonds and all gov- ernment paper securities.

Addressed to

Minnie Rayner

To Minnie Rayner,

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

Postcard record

Publisher	B. S. Reynolds Co.
Series	40830
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 date Mar 13 1940 at top of the message side; light edge wear and slight toning.

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New Bureau of Printing and Engraving on Potomac Park Basin, Washington, D.C., circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-bureau-of-printing-and-engraving-on-potomac-park-basin-w. Accessed November 2, 2026.