Object Details
- Author
- Brady & Co. (Washington, D.C.)
- Subject
- Downing, A. J (Andrew Jackson) 1815-1852
- Magnetic Observatory
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- South Yard
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- This photo is without caption. See Neg. SIA2011-1448 with the handwritten caption "Washington, D.C., April, 1865".
- See also Negative Number 32004. This is probably by Brady & Co. There are similar images at the Library of Congress and National Archives.
- Summary
- View of the Smithsonian Institution Building looking east up B Street (later known as Independence Ave) towards the United States Capitol Building. Grounds are landscaped following plan laid out by Andrew Jackson Downing. Visible amidst the trees is the Magnetic Observatory, built in 1853. People stand along the fence installed along the sidewalk on B Street.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 7 and Accession 11-009
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1863
- Standard number
- 91-10382
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Exterior
- Landscape
- Negative
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Black and White Negative
- Place
- (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- B Street
- Fences
- Independence Avenue
- Landscape architecture
- SI Buildings
- Record ID
- siris_sic_5940
