Afternoon Photo: Old Post Office at 8th and E St. NW

Posted by: Ghosts of DC on June 26, 2012 in Faces & Places of Yesterday Leave a comment

Following up on our Postal Service theme from earlier today, here’s a great afternoon photo for you to stare at for a bit. It’s a daguerreotype taken by John Plumbe in 1846 featuring the post office at 8th and E St. NW (now the Hotel Monaco).

al Post Office from the corner of 8th Street and E Street, NW, Washington, D.C., the shop of Elija Dyer, merchant tailor, on the left (Library of Congress)

General Post Office from the corner of 8th Street and E Street, NW, Washington, D.C., the shop of Elija Dyer, merchant tailor, on the left (Library of Congress)

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Thanks again to the Library of Congress for their excellent archives.