Children's Room, SI Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1901
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 8
The Children's Room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, was created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley (1887-1906) as a natural history display area especially for children. Seen here is the large aquarium with live fish, some of the cases with natural history specimens of birds specially designed to a child's height, and bird cages. The room was intended by Secretary Langley to inspire children in the study of the natural world.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 8
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1901
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MAH-13391
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print