Building Acquired for Air Collection
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PrintThe Smithsonian acquires the steel hangarlike building (quonset hut) on Independence Avenue at Tenth Street, S.W., which had been used by the United States Signal Service during World War I. It will be used to exhibit a collection of aircraft and accessories in production during the war period, and this collection later became the National Air and Space Museum.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 1919