Author:

Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Natural History Building  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Sepia; Size: 9.5w x 7.5h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Interior

Date:

1912

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

See also SIA2009-1790 and SIA2009-1792

Summary:

Painters sitting boards on top of wooden scaffolding painting the ceiling of a wing of the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, building soon after it was finished being built. Exhibit cases are beneath the painters. This view is from the floor looking up.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 104, Folder: Natural History Building 1912

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Scaffolding  Search this

Ceilings  Search this

Painting, Industrial  Search this

Exhibit cases  Search this

Painters  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2009-1791

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_7266