![Rule as to the sailing of vessels of war of the belligerent nations from the United States ... True copy, Geo: Taylor, jun. Ch Clk. in the Department of State. June 18th, 1794. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1794.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1794/01/01/rule-as-to-the-sailing-of-vessels-of-war-of-the-belligerent-nations-from-the-640.jpg "Rule as to the sailing of vessels of war of the belligerent nations from the United States ... True copy, Geo: Taylor, jun. Ch Clk. in the Department of State. June 18th, 1794. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1794.].")
![... An act authorizing a settlement of certain expenses of the Commissioner of loans ... [Followed by] An act allowing an additional compensation to the principal clerks in the Department of state, and the Treasury and War Departments for the ye](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1794/01/01/an-act-authorizing-a-settlement-of-certain-expenses-of-the-commissioner-of-640.jpg "... An act authorizing a settlement of certain expenses of the Commissioner of loans ... [Followed by] An act allowing an additional compensation to the principal clerks in the Department of state, and the Treasury and War Departments for the ye")
The Department of State, Washington / drawn by C. Burton, N.Y. ; engra...
Engraving shows exterior of The Department of State.
![[Confidential circular.] Department of State, Washington, May 14, 1846. Sir: I transmit to you, herewith, a proclamation of the President, of yesterday's date, declaring that was exists between the United States and Mexico ... [Washington, 1846]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1846/01/01/confidential-circular-department-of-state-washington-may-14-1846-sir-i-transmit-640.jpg "[Confidential circular.] Department of State, Washington, May 14, 1846. Sir: I transmit to you, herewith, a proclamation of the President, of yesterday's date, declaring that was exists between the United States and Mexico ... [Washington, 1846]")
![State Department to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Cover)](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/state-department-to-abraham-lincoln-1861-cover-640.jpg "State Department to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Cover)")
![Brown, M. [?] State Dept.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1865/01/01/brown-m-state-dept-640.jpg "Brown, M. [?] State Dept.")
![[Concurrent resolution, received at Department of State June 16, 1866.] Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ... Article XIV .... [Washington, 1866].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1866/01/01/concurrent-resolution-received-at-department-of-state-june-16-1866-joint-resolution-640.jpg "[Concurrent resolution, received at Department of State June 16, 1866.] Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ... Article XIV .... [Washington, 1866].")
![[View of State Department, Washington, D.C..]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1875/12/31/view-of-state-department-washington-dc-df51be-640.jpg "[View of State Department, Washington, D.C..]")
![[View of State Department, Washington, D.C..]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1875/12/31/view-of-state-department-washington-dc-485219-640.jpg "[View of State Department, Washington, D.C..]")
![[State Department, (State, War & Navy Building), Washington, D.C.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1900/01/01/state-department-state-war-and-navy-building-washington-dc-640.jpg "[State Department, (State, War & Navy Building), Washington, D.C.]")
![[David Jayne Hill, 1st Assistant, State Department, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1900/01/01/david-jayne-hill-1st-assistant-state-department-half-length-portrait-seated-640.jpg "[David Jayne Hill, 1st Assistant, State Department, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]")
John Hay
Secretery of State. Seated, 3/4. In his private office, State Dept.
![[Wilbur John Carr, 1870-1942, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Chief Clerk of State Dept.; head of Consular Service]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1906/01/01/wilbur-john-carr-1870-1942-head-and-shoulders-portrait-facing-slightly-left-640.jpg "[Wilbur John Carr, 1870-1942, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Chief Clerk of State Dept.; head of Consular Service]")
Chandler Anderson & son, Chandler
Photograph shows lawyer and international affairs expert Chandler Parsons Anderson (1886-1936) who advised the US Department of State and served as counsel for War Industries Board and the International Red Cro... more
Joffre in Washington
Photograph shows from left to right: William Wright Harts (1866-1961), military aide to President Woodrow Wilson; Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943), counselor for the United States Department of State; Franklin D. Ro... more
Z.L. Cobb
Photograph shows Zach Lamar Cobb, who served as customs collector from 1913 to 1918 and as an intelligence agent for the U.S. Department of State during the Mexican Revolution. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Z.L. Cobb
Photograph shows Zach Lamar Cobb, who served as customs collector from 1913 to 1918 and as an intelligence agent for the U.S. Department of State during the Mexican Revolution. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
![BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. AT HOME OF LARS ANDERSON. SEATED: MAJ. GEN. MATHIEW LeCLERCE; BARON MONCHEUR; EDE CARTIER DeMARCHIENNE, MISSION TO U.S. HUGH GIBSON OF STATE DEPARTMENT. STANDING: M. DeMERTENS, ONE OF SECRETARIES OF MISSION; MAJ. OSTERRIETH; HECTOR CARLIER; A SECRETARY OF THE [...]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1917/01/01/belgian-mission-to-us-at-home-of-lars-anderson-seated-maj-gen-mathiew-leclerce-640.jpg "BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. AT HOME OF LARS ANDERSON. SEATED: MAJ. GEN. MATHIEW LeCLERCE; BARON MONCHEUR; EDE CARTIER DeMARCHIENNE, MISSION TO U.S. HUGH GIBSON OF STATE DEPARTMENT. STANDING: M. DeMERTENS, ONE OF SECRETARIES OF MISSION; MAJ. OSTERRIETH; HECTOR CARLIER; A SECRETARY OF THE [...]")
FRENCH COMMISSION TO U.S. AT STATE DEPT. GEN. DUVAL; S. CROSBY, U.S.N....
Photograph shows French general Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931), who served during World War I (Source: LC-B2-3179-2)
American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - Red Cross work room. ...
Date Taken: 07/0/1918 Photographer: Ellington American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work
![BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. AT HOME OF LARS ANDERSON. SEATED: MAJ. GEN. MATHIEW LeCLERCE; BARON MONCHEUR; EDE CARTIER DeMARCHIENNE, MISSION TO U.S.; HUGH GIBSON OF STATE DEPARTMENT. STANDING: M. DeMERTENS, ONE OF SECRETARIES OF MISSION; MAJ. OSTERRIETH; HECTOR CARLIER; A SECRETARY OF THE [...]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1917/01/01/belgian-mission-to-us-at-home-of-lars-anderson-seated-maj-gen-mathiew-leclerce-1-640.jpg "BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. AT HOME OF LARS ANDERSON. SEATED: MAJ. GEN. MATHIEW LeCLERCE; BARON MONCHEUR; EDE CARTIER DeMARCHIENNE, MISSION TO U.S.; HUGH GIBSON OF STATE DEPARTMENT. STANDING: M. DeMERTENS, ONE OF SECRETARIES OF MISSION; MAJ. OSTERRIETH; HECTOR CARLIER; A SECRETARY OF THE [...]")
![State Dept., [Washington, D.C.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1921/01/01/state-dept-washington-dc-640.jpg "State Dept., [Washington, D.C.]")
![[Library of Congress officials transferring page 3 of the United States Constitution from the State Department to the Library of Congress in the Library's Model-T Ford mail wagon]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1921/01/01/library-of-congress-officials-transferring-page-3-of-the-united-states-constitution-640.jpg "[Library of Congress officials transferring page 3 of the United States Constitution from the State Department to the Library of Congress in the Library's Model-T Ford mail wagon]")
![Women's Committee for Recognition [...] calling on Secy. Hughs at State Dept.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1923/01/01/womens-committee-for-recognition-calling-on-secy-hughs-at-state-dept-640.jpg "Women's Committee for Recognition [...] calling on Secy. Hughs at State Dept.")
![Prominent Republican women call on Pres. to discuss the part of women will play in the coming election. Lft to rt.: Miss Lucille Atcherson, State Dept., Mrs. B.P. Bruggmann, US Compensation Comm., Miss Mabel W. Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen.; Mrs. Mary Anderson, Chmn., Woman's Bur., Labor Dept.; Miss Anne Webster, Chmn. Nat'l League of Women Voters; Miss Julia Lathrop, 1st Vice-Chmn., Nat'l League Women Voters; Miss Grace Abbott, Head Children's Bur., Labor Dept. [White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/prominent-republican-women-call-on-pres-to-discuss-the-part-of-women-will-play-640.jpg "Prominent Republican women call on Pres. to discuss the part of women will play in the coming election. Lft to rt.: Miss Lucille Atcherson, State Dept., Mrs. B.P. Bruggmann, US Compensation Comm., Miss Mabel W. Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen.; Mrs. Mary Anderson, Chmn., Woman's Bur., Labor Dept.; Miss Anne Webster, Chmn. Nat'l League of Women Voters; Miss Julia Lathrop, 1st Vice-Chmn., Nat'l League Women Voters; Miss Grace Abbott, Head Children's Bur., Labor Dept. [White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![F.M. Moussa, Attache of the [...] Legation, right, introduced 2 noted [...] engineers to Allen Welsh Dulles, Chief of the Near Eastern Div. of the State Dept. The 2 engineers are K. Faki Wassef, and [...] Rifai, 3rd from left](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/fm-moussa-attache-of-the-legation-right-introduced-2-noted-engineers-to-allen-640.jpg "F.M. Moussa, Attache of the [...] Legation, right, introduced 2 noted [...] engineers to Allen Welsh Dulles, Chief of the Near Eastern Div. of the State Dept. The 2 engineers are K. Faki Wassef, and [...] Rifai, 3rd from left")
![E.J. Ayers, New Chief Clerk State Dept., [7/10/24]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/ej-ayers-new-chief-clerk-state-dept-71024-1-640.jpg "E.J. Ayers, New Chief Clerk State Dept., [7/10/24]")
![J. Butler Wright, third Asst. Secy. of State, arriving at the W.H. [i.e., White House] with letters of condolence for the Pres. from the State Dept. on the death of Calvin Coolidge, Jr.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/j-butler-wright-third-asst-secy-of-state-arriving-at-the-wh-ie-white-house-640.jpg "J. Butler Wright, third Asst. Secy. of State, arriving at the W.H. [i.e., White House] with letters of condolence for the Pres. from the State Dept. on the death of Calvin Coolidge, Jr.")
![Minister Peter A. Jay & Allen Dulles of State Dept., [9/23/24]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/minister-peter-a-jay-and-allen-dulles-of-state-dept-92324-640.jpg "Minister Peter A. Jay & Allen Dulles of State Dept., [9/23/24]")
![Informal grp. on steps of Vanderbilt mansion at Biltmore, N.C. before wedding. Seated l to r: Miss Caroline Story, Mr. Leander McCormic- Goodhart, Attache of British Embassy, Miss Helen Moran, Mr. G.H. Thompson, 2nd Secy. of British Embassy, and Mr. S. Pinckney [...] of the State Dept. Standing left: Mr. J. Nicholas Brown, Head Usher](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1924/01/01/informal-grp-on-steps-of-vanderbilt-mansion-at-biltmore-nc-before-wedding-seated-640.jpg "Informal grp. on steps of Vanderbilt mansion at Biltmore, N.C. before wedding. Seated l to r: Miss Caroline Story, Mr. Leander McCormic- Goodhart, Attache of British Embassy, Miss Helen Moran, Mr. G.H. Thompson, 2nd Secy. of British Embassy, and Mr. S. Pinckney [...] of the State Dept. Standing left: Mr. J. Nicholas Brown, Head Usher")
![Sec. Kellogg at State Dept., [3/6/25]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1925/01/01/sec-kellogg-at-state-dept-3625-640.jpg "Sec. Kellogg at State Dept., [3/6/25]")
![Sec. Kellogg at State Dept., [3/6/25]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1925/01/01/sec-kellogg-at-state-dept-3625-1-640.jpg "Sec. Kellogg at State Dept., [3/6/25]")
![Foreign Service Officers of State Dept., [6/5/25]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1925/01/01/foreign-service-officers-of-state-dept-6525-1-640.jpg "Foreign Service Officers of State Dept., [6/5/25]")
![Foreign service class, State Dept., [Washington, D.C., 5/4/26]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1926/01/01/foreign-service-class-state-dept-washington-dc-5426-640.jpg "Foreign service class, State Dept., [Washington, D.C., 5/4/26]")