Watch Clock Station, Luray, Virginia

Summary

Lynn V. Black, Sr., custodian, at Watch Clock Station #1, the Smithsonian Institution Guard Office at the United States National Museum storage facility in Luray, Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park. The collections were transferred to the storage facility for safekeeping during World War II.

Subject

United States. National Park Service

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Other photographs found in the same location give the date October 28, 1944. All photos were presumably taken at the same time.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 546, Folder: 2

Contact information

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

Date

1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Black, Lynn V., Sr
• WW II
• Storage
• Wartime Activities
• Luray (Va.)
• Cooperation
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Guard Force
• National Collections
• World War, 1939-1945
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Shenandoah National Park (Va.)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2007-0037 or 96-1350

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 3 1/2w x 5 1/2h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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