Summary: | Image of new Bureau of Printing and Engraving with Potomac Park Basin in foreground and Washington Monument nearby, Washington, D.C., circa 1938-1944. Caption reads: "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." Postcard number: 40830; Message included. |
Provider: | B.S. Reynolds Co. |
Metrocraft |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Massachusetts |
Everett |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | District of Columbia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Washington |
Temporal subject: |
1931-1940
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1941-1950
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | District of Columbia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Washington |
Topical subjects: | Government facilities |
Printing |
Engraving |
United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Government, Law, Politics |
Copyright holder: | Unknown |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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