Whale Cast in South Hall of United States National Museum

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Arts and Industries Building

Notes

Original negative number is 8803, but that negative has been lost. See Semi-Annual Report of Superintendent of Bldgs, 12/31/1887, RU198.

Summary

Whale cast in the Mammals exhibit in the South Hall of the Arts and Industries Building, before the 1887 relocation (it was moved from its mount and suspended from ceiling). There are packing crates in the foreground, and there is a guard walking past the whale cast.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 1

Contact information

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

Date

1885

Standard number

2002-12204

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Interior

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Interiors

South Hall of the United States National Museum

Packing crates

Guard Force

Mammals

Whales

Exhibitions

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9297