Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- South Yard
- Smithsonian Institution Building Laboratory of Natural History
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- See AR 1917
- Summary
- October 2, 1916 photograph shows digging of the foundation for the new Freer Gallery of Art. In the foreground equipment of George Hyman Contractors is loading excavated dirt onto horse-drawn carts. Visible in the background is the brick shed built in 1875, called the Laboratory of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution Building. The shed, which was used by taxidermists and preparators as well as photographers, was demolished during the course of construction work.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 10
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1916
- Standard number
- 29337 or MAH-29337
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Cyanotype
- Landscape
- Physical description
- Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Cyanotype
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Construction
- Sheds
- Grounds
- Laboratories
- Construction workers
- Horses
- Carriages and carts
- Construction equipment
- Art museums
- Museum buildings
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9299
