National Carp Ponds with Delivery Cart

ID: 95-1181

Creator: Photo Engraving Co. of New York

Form/Genre: Engraving

Date: 1880s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7184, Box 16, Folder 17

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Summary

View of the United States Fish Commission buildings at the National Carp Ponds on the grounds of the Washington Monument, c. 1880s. A driver is delivering containers of specimens in a horse-drawn cart in foreground. Partially built Washington Monument is visible in rear.

Subject

  • United States Bureau of Fisheries
  • United States Fish Commission

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

One of numerous prints in this file

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7184, Box 16, Folder 17

Contact information

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

Date

1880s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Fishery research stations
  • Ichthyology
  • Fish ponds
  • Carriages and carts
  • National Carp Ponds
  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)

Place

  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
  • Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Engraving
  • Interior

ID Number

95-1181

Physical description

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

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