Mammal Hall, U.S. National Museum

Summary

Mammal Hall with bison mounted by William Temple Hornaday in 1887 in the foreground of the South Hall of the United States National Museum (now the Arts and Industries Building). Signs label mammals as "Old World Mammals" and "American Mammals." Photograph shows the galleries constructed by Hornblower and Marshall between 1897 and 1903. Adolph Cluss' stencil in the rotunda has been painted out, presumably in preparation for Grace Lincoln Temple's design, which was completed in 1902.

Subject

• Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
• Arts and Industries Building
• Hornblower & Marshall
• United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• There are several similar views of this image.
• The original negative numbers are 16247, 16846 and 18940, but those negatives could not be found on file. The original photograph was re-scanned and given new negative and digital file numbers.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 1, and Record Unit 95, Box 50, Folder 11

Contact information

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

Date

1902

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• American bison
• South Hall of the United States National Museum
• Interiors
• Rotundas
• Mammals
• Taxidermy
• Animals
• Balconies
• Mammal Hall
• Specimens
• Exhibitions
• National Collections
• Buffaloes
• Buffalo

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

2004-10370

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h and oversize; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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