"How the Civil War Changed Washington" - Women of the Treasury

Anacostia Community Museum Collection
February 6, 2015
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Women Employees Leaving the Treasury Building, Harper’s Weekly, February 18, 1865

This engraving appeared shortly before the end of the Civil War. Hand-colored copies were sold as souvenirs.From the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum exhibition "How the  Civil War Changed Washington," on through Nov. 15, 2015.

Image from the Anacostia Community Museum Collection, Smithsonian Institution.