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Old and New House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C. Postcard

Color postcard, titled, “Old and New House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C.,” showing parked cars and trees lining the street between the Longworth and Cannon House Office Buildings, with the Capitol visible in the distance/tiles/collection/8/8816.xml
Old and New House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C. Postcard/tiles/collection/8/8815.xml
Color postcard, titled, “Old and New House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C.,” showing parked cars and trees lining the street between the Longworth and Cannon House Office Buildings, with the Capitol visible in the distance
Old and New House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C. Postcard
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Date

ca. 1940

Artist

Harris & Ewing

Publisher

Washington News Company

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)

Accession Number

2006.101.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

New Jersey Avenue, SW, between the New and Old House Office Buildings provided a new postcard-worthy vista of the Capitol. Published in the 1940s, this color halftone print of a photo printed on linen-textured paper was produced by Harris and Ewing, a well-established studio in Washington, which for many years provided journalists with photographs of breaking news in Washington, D.C.

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