SI Building Main Entrance with North Central Towers
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Creator: N. Orr & Co
Form/Genre: Engraving
Date: c. 1857
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5
Woodcut engraving of the North Central Towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," set in an oval. Foliage is on either side of the towers. A carriage is entering the carriage porch at the entrance, nineteenth century view. The engraving was published in the Smithsonian Guidebook of 1857.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
From William Jones Rhees, An Account of the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia: Collins, 1857).
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1857
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SIA2011-2829 or 43804-C or MAH-43804C
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Engraving ; Medium: Photographic Print