Engravings of Collection of Articles Such as Black Bass and Lord Baltimore "Flies", Gymnasium Goods and Lawn Tennis Racquet
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ID: 95-20316
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1886
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
Page entitled "Miscellaneous" from "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" with illustrations of miscellaneous exhibits in the United States National Museum such as fishing "flies" like the Lord Baltimore (Fig. 140) used by fishermen to catch such fish as the black bass (Fig. 139). Also on this page of miscellaneous exhibits is a collection of articles identified with pastimes and sports which include gymnasium goods (Fig. 141) and a lawn tennis racquet (Fig. 142).
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page Miscellaneous
Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1886
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95-20316
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print