A view from the Washington Monument in the mid-1920s, showing USDA greenhouses on
the Mall, in the foreground. This site on Constitution Avenue is now the location of the National
Museum of American History. The Old Post Office Building is in the center, and Union Station
is in the upper right. USDA History Collection has a copy print of this photograph; original is in
the National Archives, NARA no. 16-G-324-2-4922-C.
Series VII.1, Photographs, Box 7.1/1, file "from I.1--IX F. USDA Buildings File, Greenhouse
on Mall." USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.
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