Front of Warehouse, Luray, Virginia

ID: 96-1346

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: May 11, 1942

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 544, Folder 13

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Summary

The front of the warehouse building in Luray, Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park, where United States National Museum collections were transferred for safekeeping during World War II. The photograph includes handwritten notes on where space was available in the warehouse, and a pen drawing of the proposed heating plant.

Subject

United States. National Park Service

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 544, Folder 13

Contact information

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

Date

May 11, 1942

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • WW II
  • Landscapes
  • Storage
  • Wartime Activities
  • Luray (Va.)
  • National Collections
  • World War, 1939-1945

Place

Shenandoah National Park (Va.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape
  • Exterior

ID Number

96-1346

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 3w x 2h; Type of Image: Exterior; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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