Haida Canoes Engraving in the United States National Museum

Summary

Illustration (Fig. 108) of Haida Canoes in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" on display in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. A visitor is looking at the canoes.

Subject

• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
• Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" (New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886). Page 75

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box SI Guide Books 1883-1890 Folder Smithsonian Guide Book 1886 (Brentano Brothers)

Contact information

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

Date

1886

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Haida Culture
• Artifacts
• Boats and boating
• Historians
• Transportation
• Anthropology
• Ethnology
• Exhibitions
• Canoes and canoeing
• Museums
• Visitor's Guide
• Indians of North America
• Museum visitors

Form/Genre

• Engraving
• Exhibit

ID Number

95-20348

Physical description

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

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