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ID: SIA2011-0184 and Neg. # 32307-8
Creator: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: February 1936
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433 Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"
Interior of the Arts and Industries Building looking from the west wing toward the Rotunda, showing a side view of the Statue of Freedom. Benches on the floor of the Rotunda surround the statue. A museum visitor is on the right. Some exhibit cases can be seen in the west wing and in the Rotunda. One of the four balconies in the Rotunda and the balconies in the east wing are visible.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
This image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, artist, curator and later Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C., scenes.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433 Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 1936
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SIA2011-0184 and Neg. # 32307-8
Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Interior; Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print