Postcard of the United States National Museum

ID: SIA2013-06641 (front) and SIA2013-06642 (back)

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Form/Genre: Postcard

Date: c. 1907-1910

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 75, Folder: 7

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Summary

Black and white postcard of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. A horse and buggy is in front of the museum entrance. The tree in front of the museum is bare. A thick white border is below the black and white image. The postcard is numbered 4. The message side is blank.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The Arts and Industries Building was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze.
  • Produced by I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 75, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1907-1910

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Postcard
  • Museum buildings
  • Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
  • Architecture
  • Buildings

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Postcard
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2013-06641 (front) and SIA2013-06642 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 5.375w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

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