Geology Exhibit, Natural History Building

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B44_F18_014]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1926

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 18, Image No. SIA_000095_B44_F18_014

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Summary

Detail view, United States National Museum geology exhibit in the Natural History Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, featuring flake of the first gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, February 1848, by James W. Marshall; cabinet card photograph of James W. Marshall; copy of letter of authentication; from the Roebling Collection, the largest gold nugget found in many years at Union Placer Mine, near Greenville, Plumas County, California.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Department of Geology

Notes

USNM No. 33476

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 18, Image No. SIA_000095_B44_F18_014

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1926
  • Between 1926 and 1934

Restrictions & Rights

  • No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B44_F18_014]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

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