Object Details
- Author
- Graham, Frank F
- Subject
- Natural History Building
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- "Graham" is letter-pressed on the matte of the photograph. According to the court case, 231 U.S. 474 (1913), Frank F. Graham vs. U.S. Government, the contractor assigned to transport the quarry stone was Frank F. Graham.
- The 1907 and 1908 Smithsonian Annual Reports provide more detailed descriptions about the stone from the three quarries and the construction progress of the new building.
- Summary
- Workmen posing at the quarry in Bethel, Vermont. The Bethel quarry was one of three quarries where stone was obtained for the exterior walls of the new United States National Museum Building, now the Natural History Building.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 3A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1907
- Standard number
- 2005-2054
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Landscape
- Physical description
- Color: Sepia; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Vermont
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Quarries and quarrying
- Construction (Buildings)
- Workmen
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11371
