International Exchange Service Shipping Books

ID: MAH 11125-B

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1920s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder 35

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Summary

Four staff members of the International Exchange Service are preparing crates and packages of books for shipping. They are working in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building. Established in 1848, the International Exchange Service, administered by the Smithsonian Institution, disseminated scientific publications to scholarly institutions both in the United States and abroad.

Subject

  • International Exchange Service (IES)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder 35

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1920s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Basements
  • Employees
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

MAH 11125-B

Physical description

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

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