Digging the Foundation of National Museum of Natural History, 1904
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1904
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder: 5
Laborers in a very large hole digging the start of the foundation for the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, on October 4, 1904. The Old Post Office is in the background on the left.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
There are several more photographs of this scene (different dates) in this same location.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder: 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1904
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16366 or MAH-16366
Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print