Mammals Exhibit, U.S. National Museum Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1887
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 1
Mammals exhibit in the South Hall of the National Museum (Arts and Industries) Building. Hanging overhead in the model of a whale, which includes its skeleton. The whale cast was formerly mounted on a stand; in 1887 it was removed and hung from the ceiling. In the foreground a small table with reading materials and chairs is visible. Thomas Crawford's "Statue of Freedom", which faces north, is visible in the Rotunda at the back.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Original negative number is 8782, but that negative has been lost. Negative has a crack in it. Similar photo in negative # 8580. See Semi-Annual Report of Superintendent of Bldgs., 12/31/1887, RU198.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 1
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1887
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2002-12154
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibits; Medium: Photographic print