Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Event
Date:
1916
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The actual turning of the sod. Groundbreaker's head is blurred.
Summary:
Groundbreaking for the Freer Gallery of Art building. September 23, 1916. Left to right, 1. W.W. Torbert; 3. H. W. Dorsey; 7. William deC. Ravenel; 10. J. S. Pollock; 11. Louis Goldberg; 12. J. W. Scollick (preparator); 14. Richard Rathbun, Acting Secretary; 15. Frank E. Gass; 18. Ray S. Bassler; 21. J. S. Goldsmith; 24. Ruel P. Tolman; 26. George P. Merrill; 28. James G. Traylor; 29. E. L. Springer; 30. Leonhard Stejneger; 31. Rosemary Whiteker.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 12