Postcard of the United States National Museum Building

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Author: B.S. Reynolds Co. Washington, DC
Subject: United States National Museum; Arts and Industries Building; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: The Arts and Industries Building was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze.; 1721 in bottom left-hand corner on the front.; For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06643 and SIA2013-06644.
Summary: Postcard with an exterior view of the old United States National Museum building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. 1721 is in the bottom left-hand corner on the front. The front has a white border. An American Flag is flying above the museum, and two people sit on a bench under a tree. On the message side there is a printed note about the museum: "The National Museum contains the Government collections, comprising millions of objects of scientific and artistic interest, collected from all quarters of the globe."
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 9
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

c. 1915-1930

Physical description: Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Museum buildings; Postcard; Architecture--Washington (D.C.); Flags; American Flag