Object Details
- Subject
- South Yard
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- This image is located in the Walter A. Shropshire Oral History Interviews.
- Summary
- Solar shed in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." This shed housed solar collectors for Secretary Charles G. Abbot's scientific research.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9597, Box 1, Folder: Interivew 15
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1950s
- Standard number
- SIA2011-1493 and 4694
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 9.37w x 7.39h ; Type of Image: Exterior ; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Solar collectors
- SI Buildings
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12707
