Engraving of a Grindstone Column

ID: 95-20334

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1886

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

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Summary

Illustration (Fig. 3) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" of a grindstone column contributed by J.E. Mitchell of Philadelphia, which represents the various kinds of grindstones in common use. They were obtained from the most celebrated quarries in this country and Europe.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 16

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

Contact information

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

Date

1886

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Decoration and ornament
  • Building materials
  • Grindstones
  • Exhibitions
  • Columns
  • Visitor's Guide
  • United States National Museum
  • Decorative arts

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

95-20334

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

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