Postcard of the Old National Museum

Summary

Postcard entitled Old National Museum, Washington, D.C. The building opened in 1881 as the United States National Museum and is now known as the Arts and Industries Building. There is a full tree in front of the building, and two people sitting underneath it on a bench. A yellow car is on the road in front of the building. The front of the postcard has a white border. The message side is unused, but it has a short 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.)
• Arts and Industries Building
• United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• The Arts and Industries Building was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze.
• The postcard is numbered R-21202 on the top of the address side.
• This postcard is part of Accession 11-271, which is part of Record Unit 95.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 25

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

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

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Postcard
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2011-2301 (front) and SIA2011-2302 (back)

Physical description

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

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