Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff Working on Models
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Form/Genre: Interior
Date: 19th century, c. 1885
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder: 31
Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff building models of the Penasco Blanco Pueblo Indian village for use in the Bureau of American Ethnology exhibitions. This model was eventually moved from the Arts and Industries Building to the Natural History Building and was on exhibit there for more than 40 years. The Mindeleffs are working in the South Shed located in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Building, also known as the "Castle."
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
For similar picture see Neg # MNH 3674.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder: 31
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
19th century, c. 1885
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6084 or NHB-6084
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Interior; Medium: Photographic print