Warehouse Rear & Driving Platform, Luray

ID: 96-1345

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1942

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

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Summary

May 11, 1942. The rear and driving platform of the warehouse in Luray, Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park, where the United States National Museum collections were transferred for safekeeping during World War II. The photograph includes handwritten notes about available space, and pictures two unidentified staff members.

Subject

United States. National Park Service

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Date comes from another photo (different perspective) stapled to the same piece of paper.

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

1942

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • WW II
  • Storage
  • Wartime Activities
  • Luray (Va.)
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • National Collections
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Shenandoah National Park (Va.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exterior

ID Number

96-1345

Physical description

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

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