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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7355
Gruber, Martin A.
Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924
Historical Note
Martin A. Gruber (circa 1854- circa 1941), a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, worked for the War Department in Washington, D.C., from 1891 until his retirement around 1929 at the age of 75. While in Washington, Gruber took many photographs of the local scenery.
Descriptive Entry
The Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection consists of black and white photographs taken by Gruber between 1919 and 1924. Subjects include buildings, bridges, monuments, and trees and flowers of the Washington, D.C., area, as well as views of the National Zoological Park.
Many of the images in this collection are available online.
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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7355, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection