Secretary Baird's Office in Smithsonian Institution Building

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Object Details

Author

Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917

Subject

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Smithsonian Institution Building East Range

Notes

The original negative number is 2337, but that negative has been lost. This photo is featured in: Field, Stamm & Ewing. The Castle, An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building (p. 37).

Summary

The East Range Office of Secretary Spencer Baird (1878-1887), in the Smithsonian Institution Building around 1878. Baird's state of the art Wooten desk, providing a filing system with pigeon holes and writing surfaces, is visible on the far left.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 19

Contact information

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

Date

1878

Standard number

2002-10672

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Interior

Physical description

Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Office Space

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8125