Press release on closing the Natural History Building for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
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Object Details
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
- Natural History Building
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The Bureau of War Risk Insurance was founded in 1914 by the US Congress to ensure the availability of marine insurance during WWI. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance was established within the Treasury Department to provide insurance policies and pay claims to sailors during World War I.
- Summary
- Press notice issued by the Smithsonian Institution on closing the Natural History Building for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and sent to local newspapers (Washington Post, Star, Times, and Herald).
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 194, Folder: 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- July 15, 1918
- Standard number
- SIA2014-06994
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Document
- Paper
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 8.5w x11h Type of Image: Document Medium: Paper
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- World War, 1914-1918
- Press releases
- Publicity
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14245
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