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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Adams, Washington I  Search this
International Exchange Service (IES)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1890s
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Frank Gass and Washington Adams in the International Exchange Service office in the Smithsonian Institution Building, between 1886 and 1890. Gass worked for the International Exchange Service from 1886-1890, and then as a clerk and Chief Clerk until 1946. In 1940 Gass was given trip to the New York World's Fair as the Federal employee with the longest continuos service. Adams was Chief Clerk, International Exchange Service, from 1896 to 1905; Accountant, 1905-1912; and Disbursing Agent, 1912-1924.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 8
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Gass, Frank E  Search this
Basements  Search this
Standard number:
13319 or MAH-13319
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9663