Object Details
Author
Unknown
Subject
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
United States National Museum
Natural History Building
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Yochelson: 66-67. AR 1918: 14-15.
Summary
Clerks of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance work at makeshift desks packed into areas not meant for offices, such as one of the display spaces of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History Building. The Bureau first moved into the building in October 1917. At the request of President Wilson, the Board of Regents closed the museum to the public on July 16, 1918, and made available to the government the ground and two exhibition floors (138,600 sq. ft.) for the duration of the war for wartime activities. The museum reopened to the public in April 1919.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 26
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1918
Standard number
23905 or MAH-23905
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Group, candid
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Federal Government
Wartime Activities
World War, 1914-1918
Women
Museum buildings
Record ID
siris_sic_8262