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)](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/06/3a53370v.jpg?w=604)
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Thanks again to the Library of Congress for their excellent archives.