Engraving of the 1865 Fire in the Smithsonian Institution Building

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Harper's Weekly

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

The old negative number is 58753, but that negative could not be found. Identical 5x7 also in the file. For the retouched photograph that is the basis for this engraving, see Negative Number 37082.

Summary

An engraving from Harper's Weekly of the burning of the Smithsonian Institution Building, January 24, 1865. In this view there are a number of men on horseback.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 9

Contact information

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

Date

1865

Standard number

2002-12222

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Event

Photographic print

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 15w x 3h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Accidents

Disasters

Fires

Horses

Museum buildings

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9381