Construction of the U.S. National Museum Building, 1908
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1908
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder: 5 and Record Unit 562, Box 1
The United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History under construction, July 8, 1908. The exterior walls are done and the windows are in. There is scaffolding around the top floor, but no dome.
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In USNM Annual Report for 1908, Plate 3, opposite p. 19.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder: 5 and Record Unit 562, Box 1
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1908
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20822 or MAH-20822
Color: Black and White; Size: 9 1/4w x 6 3/4h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print