Women in the Telegraph Office, U.S. National Museum
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Creator: Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1886
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 21
Women employees in the Telephone and Telegraph Office which was located in the North Tower of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, from the time the building was opened in 1881. Through the window is the Syrian Sarcophagus brought to the United States in 1837 and intended for Andrew Jackson. The photograph was taken in August of 1886.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 21
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1886
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3677 or MAH-3677
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print