Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Arts and Industries Building
- United States National Museum
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze.
- The postcard is numbered U.S. 512 and was made in Germany.
- This postcard is located in Accession #11-271, which is part of Record Unit 95.
- Summary
- Color postcard of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, with a circular garden plot of green, orange, and yellow foliage in the foreground. There is a white border at the bottom of the front and contains a short written message: "Sep 11. Just six o'clock ready to go out to breakfast, good Bye." The back of the postcard is addressed to Marley Williams in New York. The card was mailed to Marley on September 11, 1907.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 25
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- September 11, 1907
- Standard number
- SIA2011-2275 (front) and SIA2011-2276 (back)
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Postcard
- Paper
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Museum buildings
- Postcard
- Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
- Museums
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13839
