Laborers Constructing Galleries in A&I Building

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Arts and Industries Building

United States National Museum

Notes

There is a slightly different view of this (11478) in collection.

Summary

Construction of the galleries (balconies) in the United States National Museum Building, now known as the Arts & Industries Building. Laborers laying floors of cement. The galleries were constructed between 1898 and 1906.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 11

Contact information

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

Date

1898

Standard number

11479 or MAH-11479

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

African Americans

Construction

Galleries (Architecture)

Balconies

Museum buildings

Floors

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10052