Postcard of the United States National Museum Building

Summary

Postcard with an exterior view of the old United States National Museum building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. 1721 is in the bottom left-hand corner on the front. The front has a white border. The American Flag is flying above the museum, and a couple is sitting on a bench under a tree. The message side is blank, but there is a printed note about the museum: "The National Museum contains the Government collections, comprising millions of objects of scientific and artistic interest, collected from all quarters of the globe."

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.
• This postcard is located in Accession #02-023, which is part of Record Unit 95.
• For another version of this postcard, see Negatives 2003-19543 and SIA2013-07201.

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. 1915-1930

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

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

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Postcard
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2013-06643 (front) and SIA2013-06644 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

Full Record

View Full Record