Engraving of the 1865 Fire in the Smithsonian Institution Building
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Form/Genre: Event
Date: 1865
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 9
An engraving from Harper's Weekly of the burning of the Smithsonian Institution Building, January 24, 1865. In this view there are a number of men on horseback.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The old negative number is 58753, but that negative could not be found. Identical 5x7 also in the file. For the retouched photograph that is the basis for this engraving, see Negative Number 37082.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 9
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1865
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2002-12222
Color: Black and White; Size: 15w x 3h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print