Natural History Building, as seen from The Mall
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Old Post Office Pavilion
- United States National Museum
- Natural History Building
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- The United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, building viewed across the Mall from one of the Smithsonian Institution Building's towers . The Old Post Office Pavilion can be seen in the background. In between the trees, a car has backed into a space and parked in front of the USNM building on Madison Drive.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- May 3, 1917
- Standard number
- SIA2009-2203 and 29528 and 92-3583
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exterior
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Black and White; Size: 9.75w x 7.5h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Museum buildings
- Architecture
- Buildings--Washington, D.C
- Record ID
- siris_sic_5802
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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