Children's Room, towards South Door, 1901
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1901
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 8
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.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
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.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 8
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1901
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14744 or MAH-14744
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print