Laborers Constructing Galleries, U.S. National Museum

ID: 11478 or NHB-11478

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1898

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 11

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Summary

Laborers are laying floors of cement in the United States National Museum Building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. Construction of the galleries (balconies) took place between 1898 and 1906.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There is a slightly different view of this (11479) in collection.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 11

Contact information

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

Date

1898

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Construction
  • Architecture
  • Galleries (Architecture)
  • Balconies
  • Workmen
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Galleries
  • Floors
  • African Americans
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

11478 or NHB-11478

Physical description

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

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