Whale Cast in South Hall of United States National Museum

ID: 2002-12204

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1885

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 1

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Summary

Whale cast in the Mammals exhibit in the South Hall of the Arts and Industries Building, before the 1887 relocation (it was moved from its mount and suspended from ceiling). There are packing crates in the foreground, and there is a guard walking past the whale cast.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number is 8803, but that negative has been lost. See Semi-Annual Report of Superintendent of Bldgs, 12/31/1887, RU198.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 1

Contact information

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

Date

1885

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animals
  • Whales
  • South Hall of the United States National Museum
  • Exhibitions
  • Interiors
  • Guard Force
  • Mammals
  • Packing crates

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Interior

ID Number

2002-12204

Physical description

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

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