Chinese Gateway, West Hall, U.S. National Museum
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Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1886
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 13
The Ethnology exhibits included Chinese gateways in the hall devoted to ethnology in the West Hall of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. These stately gateways stood at the entrance to the Chinese section of the Centennial Exhibition and were presented to the Museum by the Imperial Commissioners.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Engraving of the picture is Neg. #95-20322
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 13
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1886
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2958 or NHB-2958
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print