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Construction of Natural History Building

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Unknown United States National Museum National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) Natural History Building

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Historic Images of the SmithsonianFrontispiece of Ellis Yochelson's book; Copy also located in SIA RU371 B4, March 1985 (Torch files)Completing the heavy construction of the United States National Museum building, now the National Museum of Natural History, on May 11, 1909, at 11 am, workmen set the last stone on the south porch. The Smithsonian Institution Building is visible across the Mall.Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 4Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black And White; Size: 10w X 8h; Type Of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic Print
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