Jump to content

File:Arts and Industries Building under construction - Washington, D.C..jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (1,024 × 702 pixels, file size: 253 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

U.S. National Museum Under Construction
Author
Federal Government - Smithsonian Institution
Photographer
Unknown
Title
U.S. National Museum Under Construction
Description
English: Construction of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building in Washington, D.C. with the Unites States Capitol in the background. The Arts and Industries Building, designed by Adolf Cluss and Paul Schulze, is a National Historic Landmark and the second oldest Smithsonian museum located on the National Mall. The United States National Museum Building, now the Arts and Industries Building, designed by Architects Cluss and Schulze, is under construction, December 1879. Scaffolding is in place around the exterior of the building. The center rotunda has been partially constructed. This view is from the South Tower of the Smithsonian Building, looking east towards the United States Capitol. A very small portion of the Smithsonian Institution Building can be seen on left. The ceremonial ground breaking for the new museum was on April 17, 1879.
Date 1879
date QS:P571,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Black and White Photographic print
Dimensions 10w x 8h
Accession number

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 7

Local Number: 2005-8427 or SA-742
Notes

The original negative number for this photograph is SA-742. This image was scanned and given a digital file number, 2005-8427. For a sequential view of the progress of the building's construction see Neg. #s SA-764 and 2002-10693.

Topics: Museum buildings, New Museums, Construction (Buildings)

Subjects: United States National Museum, Arts and Industries Building, Cluss & Schulze, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.), South Yard

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Place: United States of America, District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest, Arts and Industries Building
Source http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_5943

Licensing

Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arts_and_Industries_Building_under_construction_-_Washington,_D.C..jpg

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

afedc4589448f6620c6b6710733bf63ac1505c4e

258,622 byte

702 pixel

1,024 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:53, 30 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 00:53, 30 April 20161,024 × 702 (253 KB)Slowking4larger
16:03, 21 January 2009Thumbnail for version as of 16:03, 21 January 2009592 × 457 (128 KB)APK{{Information |Description={{en|1=Construction of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building in Washington, D.C. with the Unites States Capitol in the background. The Arts and Industries Building, designed by Adolf Cluss and Paul Schulze, is a Nationa

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file: