Photographs of United States National Museum collections
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 99-41
name: label: Creator
content: United States National Museum
label: Photographer
content: Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
label: Names
content: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
label: Names
content: Hartley, Jonathan Scott, 1845-1912
label: Names
content: Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
label: Names
content: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
label: Photographer
content: Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
label: Names
content: Washington, George, 1732-1799
label: Artist
content: Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Plants
label: Topic
content: Animals
label: Topic
content: Museum exhibits
label: Topic
content: Insects
label: Topic
content: Birds
creator: label: Creator
content: United States National Museum
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The United States National Museum building (later renamed Arts and Industries) opened to the public in 1881. It held displays of anthropology, art, geology, history, and natural history, while a few of the exhibits (birds, invertebrates and art) remained in the original Smithsonian "Castle." In 1911, the Smithsonian opened a new building (now the National Museum of Natural History Building), which held anthropology, art and natural history collections.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Prints (color halftone)
label: Extent
content: 2 Prints (halftone)
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (photogravure)
label: Extent
content: 7 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 13 Albumen prints (mounted)
label: Extent
content: 40 Gelatin silver prints (circa)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.99-41
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Prints (halftone)
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of various artifacts and specimens in the United States National Museum's collections, including George Washington's uniform and camp chest; the Franklin Press; Samuel P. Langley, third Secretary of the Smithsonian, supervising the installation of the Easter Island stone figures; zoological, ornithological, entomological, and botanical specimens; exhibits relating to animals and Native Americans; the Daguerre Monument sculpted by J. Scott Hartley; and a model of the National Zoological Park modeled under Langley.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Items depicted in this collection held in the National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of American History collections.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of US National Museum collections held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the National Anthropological Archives (Photo Lot 4).