War workers. Social activities. The south building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

ID: 2795 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Roger Smith, photographer ~ Date: 1943

This file appears in: Department of Agriculture South Building: The South Building was built between 1930 and 1936 to house the expanded offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

This file appears in: Department of Agriculture South Building: The South Building was built between 1930 and 1936 to house the expanded offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Department of Agriculture South Building: The South Building was built between 1930 and 1936 to house the expanded offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

By The DC Historic Sites team

One of the largest and most significant examples of Federal government expansion during the 1930s, this south building was built as an office and laboratory annex to the Department of Agriculture. Its…