Technology Exhibit in A&I East Hall

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Object Details

Author

Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)

Subject

Arts and Industries Building

United States National Museum East Hall

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

USNM R 1891, p. 175; Semi Annual Report of Superintendent of Bldgs, 1887; RU 198; USNM R 1889, p.101

Summary

Technology exhibit in the East Hall (looking west) of the Arts and Industries Building, before the 1890 installation of the Thomas Crawford Statue of Freedom. The John Bull Engine is in the hall by 1887; Engine Tender is installed in 1888.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder: 1 and Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 27

Contact information

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

Date

1888-90

Standard number

SIA2010-2577 or 4492 or MAH-4492

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exhibit

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Interiors

National Collections

Locomotives

John Bull (Steam locomotive)

Exhibitions

Railroads--Trains

Technology

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9286