Model of Museum of History and Technology

ID: SIA2010-1790 or E-1439

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1958

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 2, Folder: 1

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Summary

Model of the proposed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, designed by the firm McKim, Mead and White (and the successor firm Steinmann, Cain, and White). Photo shows the south or National Mall facade of the building. The plaque reads "Smithsonian Institution Museum of History and Technology, McKim, Mead & White Architects, Mills, Petticord & Mills, Associate Architects. Scale 1" x 24'."

Subject

  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • McKim, Mead & White

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Note that color in negative has deteriorated to red tones.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 2, Folder: 1

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1958

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Models (representations)
  • New Museums
  • SI Buildings
  • Models
  • Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Model

ID Number

SIA2010-1790 or E-1439

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Model; Medium: Photographic print

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