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Blank Postcard of the Natural History Building (U.S. National Museum)

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Author
Curt Teich & Co
Subject
United States National Museum
Natural History Building
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The Natural History Building of the U.S. National Museum opened to the public on March 17, 1910. The U.S. National Museum was first housed in what is now known as the Arts and Industries Building. The Natural History Building is now the National Museum of Natural History.
#4A-H2187. "C.T. Photo-Colorit," Made Only By Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, USA. Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.
This postcard is located in Accession #13-204, which is part of Record Unit 95.
For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06647 and SIA2013-06648.
Summary
Blank postcard of the Natural History Building, called the U.S. National Museum, and now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The view is from the right side of the building. The grounds are empty and the trees are bare. The message side is blank, and the card has white edging.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 27
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1934
Standard number
SIA2013-06651 (front) and SIA2013-06652 (back)
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Postcard
Linen
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Postcard
Museum buildings
Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
Record ID
siris_sic_13831
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