A&I Rotunda from the North Hall
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Date: 1900s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 17, Folder: 10
The Rotunda of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building from the North Hall showing the "Statue of Freedom," Military History, two huge Limoges vases, and Asian art.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 17, Folder: 10
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1900s
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SIA2010-2545 or 14603
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print