Statue of Freedom (Side View), Rotunda, A&I Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1939
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 20
The Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building with the plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" made in Rome by Thomas Crawford, an American sculpture. Displayed in the Rotunda are exhibit cases containing flags and exhibit cases with military uniforms.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890. The mould for the bronze statue surmounting the Capitol dome was made in Washington by Clark Mills.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 20
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1939
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33403 or MAH-33403
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Statue; Exhibits; Medium: Photographic print