Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Arts and Industries Building
- Statue of Freedom (Statue)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
- Summary
- In the foreground is one of the two original Hancock masticators installed at the Hancock Works in London prior to 1850, and in continuous use for more than 75 years for plasticizing rubber. In the background is an exhibit case showing a man harvesting rubber latex from a rubber tree. These exhibits are on the balcony of the Arts and Industries Building. Behind the exhibits the upper portion of the Rotunda is visible along with the upper body of the Statue of Freedom.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 23
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1900?
- Standard number
- 37717 or MAH-37717
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Hancock Works
- Rubber
- Exhibitions
- Balconies
- Rotundas
- London, England
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10505
