Henry Family at East Door of Castle

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Object Details

Author

Unknown (Titian R. Peale?)

Subject

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878

Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903

Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882

Henry, Caroline 1839-1920

Henry, Helen Louisa 1836-1912

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Original located in SIA RU95 small print file; resource: Field, Stamm & Ewing. The Castle, An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building (p. 32).

Summary

Secretary Joseph Henry (1846-1878) with his wife Harriet and three daughters, Caroline, Mary and Helen, standing in the east doorway to the Smithsonian Institution Building, c. 1862. Henry was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian, and he and his family resided in the east wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 12, Folder: 3

Contact information

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

Date

1862

Standard number

SA-203 or sa-203

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 7.5w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Women--History

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_5596