Women in the Telegraph Office, U.S. National Museum

ID: 3677 or MAH-3677

Creator: Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1886

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 21

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Smithsonian Institution Building North Towers
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 21

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

  • Women
  • Telegraph
  • Syrian Sarcophagus
  • Architecture
  • Telephone
  • Employees
  • Interiors
  • Museums
  • Sarcophagi
  • History
  • Telegraphy
  • Technology
  • Personnel management
  • Buildings
  • Women--History
  • Museum--employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

3677 or MAH-3677

Physical description

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

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