Archeological Excavation in Alexandria, Virginia

ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1597R1]

Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1970

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 15, Image No. OPA-1597R1

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Summary

Richard J. Muzzrole, museum specialist in the Division of Preindustrial History, Department of Cultural History at the National Museum of History and Technology, excavates a well in a basement in Alexandria, Virginia.

Subject

  • Muzzrole, Richard J
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Preindustrial Cultural History

Notes

  • Digital contact sheet available.
  • Richard Muzzrole was written into the redevelopment contracts let by the city of Alexandria for the market square section as part of the Gadsby Commercial Urban Renewal Plan. He followed the bulldozers, working ahead of construction crews to find and save artifacts of early Alexandria history.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 15, Image No. OPA-1597R1

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1970
  • February 20, 1970

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Topic

  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Alexandria (Va.)

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1597R1]

Physical description

35mm;

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