United States Department of Agriculture Building Construction Glass Plate Negatives
name: label: Sponsor
content: United States. Department of Agriculture
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Public buildings -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Construction -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Sponsor
content: United States. Department of Agriculture
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content: United States Department of Agriculture Building Construction Glass Plate Negatives
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection contains thirty-three glass plate negatives documenting the construction of Laboratory A and B of the Department of Agriculture building in the early 1900s.
bioghist: label: Historical
content: The United States Department of Agriculture (informally the Agriculture Department or USDA) is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and abroad.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1906-1907.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1096
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series. 

Series 1: Glass Plate Negatives, 1906-1907
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kendra Ciccone (intern), supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, April 2010.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1910
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of glass plate negatives documenting the construction of the Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. All of the glass plate negatives date from approximately 1906 to 1907 and are arranged in chronological order.