Postcard of the United States National Museum Building

Summary

Postcard with an exterior view of the old United States National Museum building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. 1721 is in the bottom left-hand corner on the front. The front has a white border. An American Flag is flying above the museum, and two people sit on a bench under a tree. On the message side there is a printed note about the museum: "The National Museum contains the Government collections, comprising millions of objects of scientific and artistic interest, collected from all quarters of the globe."

Subject

• United States National Museum
• Arts and Industries Building
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• The Arts and Industries Building was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze.
• 1721 in bottom left-hand corner on the front.
• For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06643 and SIA2013-06644.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 9

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1915-1930

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Museum buildings
• Postcard
• Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
• Architecture
• Flags
• American Flag

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Postcard
• Architecture
• Paper

ID Number

2003-19543 (front) and SIA2013-07201 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

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