Children's Room, towards South Door, 1901

ID: 14744 or MAH-14744

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1901

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 8

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Summary

Children's Room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The room was converted by Secretary Samuel P. Langley in 1901 to provide a natural history exhibit for children. Seen here are the large aquarium with live fish, some of the cases with natural history specimens specially designed to a child's height, a large kaleidoscope with live fish swimming in a tank at its end, and the decorative wall stencils and ceiling designed by Grace Lincoln Temple. The room was intended by Secretary Langley to inspire children in the study of the natural world.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building Children's Room
  • Smithsonian Institution Building South Towers

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

For more information see: The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building, by Field, Stamm, and Ewing, p. 126-130. Also featured in the TORCH, May 1974. A copy of this photo is also located in SIA RU371 B2.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 8

Contact information

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

Date

1901

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Women
  • Temple, Grace Lincoln
  • Natural History
  • Children
  • Natural history

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

14744 or MAH-14744

Physical description

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

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