Old Patent Office
National Historic Landmarked Old Patent Office Building
The building was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. Walt Whitman worked there and used his experiences as a basis for The Wound Dresser. The Bureau of Indian Affairs moved into the building after the war ended. Whitman used to work as a clerk for the bureau until 1867, when he was fired after a manuscript of Leaves of Grass was found in his desk.
Patent Office Hall
Inventions
listening to the telegraph message
telegraph
From The Bureau of Indian Affairs period
George Catlin portraits
American Art
a Land Sale
Niagara Falls
La Farge windows
Patriotic
George Washington
civil war Generals
