Blank Postcard of the Natural History Building (U.S. National Museum)

ID: SIA2013-06651 (front) and SIA2013-06652 (back)

Creator: Curt Teich & Co

Form/Genre: Postcard

Date: 1934

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 27

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Summary

Blank postcard of the Natural History Building, called the U.S. National Museum, and now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The view is from the right side of the building. The grounds are empty and the trees are bare. The message side is blank, and the card has white edging.

Subject

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

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The Natural History Building of the U.S. National Museum opened to the public on March 17, 1910. The U.S. National Museum was first housed in what is now known as the Arts and Industries Building. The Natural History Building is now the National Museum of Natural History.
  • #4A-H2187. "C.T. Photo-Colorit," Made Only By Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, USA. Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.
  • This postcard is located in Accession #13-204, which is part of Record Unit 95.
  • For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06647 and SIA2013-06648.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 27

Contact information

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

Date

1934

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

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

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Postcard
  • Linen

ID Number

SIA2013-06651 (front) and SIA2013-06652 (back)

Physical description

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

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