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This is the Oldest Known Photo of the U.S. Department of State

Published February 18, 2016

See the oldest known photo of the U.S. Department of State, taken in 1857. Learn more about the old State Department building before it was located in Foggy Bottom and even before it was located in the State, War, and Navy Building next to the White House.

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This is the oldest known photo of the U.S. Department of State. The photo is from 1857 and shows the old State Department building, before it was located in Foggy Bottom, and even before it was located in the State, War, and Navy Building next to the White House.

The building below is the old North East Executive Building, near the White House. Read more about the building at the State Department’s Office of the Historian.

Old State Department Building in 1857

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Source: Library of Congress

Posted in Lost History
and tagged 1850s, Department of State

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