E. J. Murphy Plate Glass
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Creator: Leet Brothers, Washington DC
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: circa 1910
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 104, Folder: Natural History Building, 1912
A wagon holds plate glass from the E. J. Murphy Co. (as evidenced by a large sign.) A crane holds ropes around the glass in preparation for the installation of the glass in the nearly completed Natural History Building. The new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, opened on March 17, 1910, housing the Smithsonian Institution's natural history, art, culture, and history collections.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
For more images of the plate glass installation at the Natural History Building, see SIA2009-1783 through SIA2009-1789.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 104, Folder: Natural History Building, 1912
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
circa 1910
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SIA2009-1789
Number of Images: 1 Color: Sepia ; Size: 9.5w x 7.5h ; Type of Image: Exterior ; Medium: Photographic print