"Old Loom" Exhibit in the United States National Museum

ID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2498]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1880

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 004, Image No. MAH-2498

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Summary

Three unidentified men set up "Old Loom" exhibit in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. Prior to 1850, the loom was used in Maine to make linen cloth. Received as a gift from S.A. Kilbourne, Morrisania, New York.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

USNM No. 2498

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 004, Image No. MAH-2498

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1880
  • 1880s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2498]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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