Center Market on North Side of Natural History Building

ID: 21933 or MAH-21933

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1909

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 16

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Summary

The Center Market, on B Street, now Constitution Avenue, north of the new United States National Museum Building, now the National Museum of Natural History. Boxes containing produce are on the brick paved sidewalk next to the wrought iron fence of the Museum and empty barrels are scattered around. A horse drawn wagon, shoppers and vendors are in the background. The marketplace was removed soon after.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Center Market was razed in 1931.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 16

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1909

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Fences
  • Vendors
  • Marketplaces
  • Center Market
  • Cobblestones
  • African Americans

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exterior

ID Number

21933 or MAH-21933

Physical description

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

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