Groundbreaking for the Natural History Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: June 15, 1904
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 60, Folder: 5
Groundbreaking of the new United States National Museum Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, took place on June 15, 1904. As a crowd of observers looks on, a woman using a spade lifts the first piece of dirt. SI employees, Secretary Langley, and architects Joseph Coerten Hornblower and James Rush Marshall all attended the ceremony.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 60, Folder: 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 15, 1904
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SIA2009-2200 and 61657
Color: Sepia; Size: 13w x 9.7h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Event; Medium: Photographic print