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U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1856
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office

Patent Office

Dodge
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Patent Office Vestibule

Patent Office Vestibule

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Unidentified Artist
Print
1867
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.

Chase of Baltimore
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Interior Patent Office, Washington City

Interior Patent Office, Washington City

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office - North Hall

Patent Office - North Hall

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office

Patent Office

Bell & Brother
Photograph
1869
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office - South Model Hall

Patent Office - South Model Hall

E. Totherick
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office

Patent Office

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office, South Hall

Patent Office, South Hall

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jean Mailloix
Washington D.C. and its Vicinity

Washington D.C. and its Vicinity

J. Wells
Print
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
The Blue Corridor in the U.S. Patent Office

The Blue Corridor in the U.S. Patent Office

Bell & Brother
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office - Model Hall

Patent Office - Model Hall

W. M. Chase
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office

Patent Office

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Photograph
early 1860s
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Patent Office/Interior

U.S. Patent Office/Interior

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Patent Application for the

Patent Application for the "Improved Spring Egg Cup"

Document
1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The Ball in Honor of President Lincoln in the Great Hall at the Patent Office in Washington

The Ball in Honor of President Lincoln in the Great Hall at the Patent Office in Washington

Print
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office, Washington

Patent Office, Washington

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Unidentified Artist
Print
1867
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Patent Office

Patent Office

Bell & Brother
Photograph
1869
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent Office, Washington D.C.

Patent Office, Washington D.C.

Bierstadt Brothers
Photograph
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The U.S. Patent Office

The U.S. Patent Office

Bell & Brother
Photograph
1869
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Patent-Office, Washington, D.C. - Examiners at Work

Patent-Office, Washington, D.C. - Examiners at Work

Theodore R. Davis
Print
1869
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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