Smithsonian Exhibit at the 1888 Cincinnati, Ohio, Exposition

Summary

The Smithsonian Institution Exhibit at the 1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States in Cincinnati, Ohio. The sign on the long, low exhibit case in the middle of the photograph says "Selection of Oriental Antiquities; Biblical Archaeology." The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition. Visible in the picture on top of a case is a model of a deer pulling a sled as well as pictures of locomotives, and benches for sitting. Pictures are on the far wall and on bunting hung from the ceiling.

Subject

Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley & Central States (1888 : Cincinnati, Ohio)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 61, Folder 7

Contact information

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

Date

1888

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Trains
• Miniature objects
• Pictures
• Artifacts
• Art
• Models (representations)
• Exhibit cases
• Bunting (Cloth)
• Cincinnati (Ohio)
• Exhibitions
• Crafts
• Benches
• Art objects
• Exhibitions--Cincinnati (Ohio)
• Expositions
• Handicraft
• Locomotives
• Models and modelmaking
• Painting

Place

Ohio

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

MAH-4470

Physical description

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

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