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ID: SIA2010-2503 or 43052-C or MAH-43052C

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1960

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 3, Folder: 2

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Summary

Aerial view from the Washington Monument showing the "Tempos" or temporary buildings before their demolition. They were located on the site of the future National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History (NMAH).

Subject

  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 3, Folder: 2

Contact information

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

Date

1960

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Tempos
  • WW II
  • Temporary Buildings
  • Wartime Activities
  • Sheds
  • World War, 1939-1945

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Aerial

ID Number

SIA2010-2503 or 43052-C or MAH-43052C

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 6.5w x 6.5h; Type of Image: Aerial; Medium: Photographic print

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