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Census Bureau Postcard

U.S. Census Bureau employees in front of the agency's Emery Building headquarters.

U.S. Census Bureau employees pose for this postcard image in front of the agency's Emery Building headquarters on 1st and B Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. The postcard dates between 1903 and 1913—the years that the Census Bureau was part of the Department of Commerce and Labor. On March 14, 1913, Labor became a separate department while the Census Bureau remained a part of the Department of Commerce.

Over the next 30 years, the Census Bureau's headquarters moved to several locations before relocating to its permanent home in Suitland, MD, in 1942.

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