Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exterior
Date:
1920's
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The old negative number is 30599, but that negative could not be found. Negative number 30599a is a similar photograph from the south-west view.
Summary:
The National Air Museum building in the South Yard seen from the southeast side with a French made Renault tank and a German howitzer sitting by its door. On the street many automobiles from the 1920's are parked and in the foreground is wrought iron fences around yards. The Air Museum building was a temporary metal building from World War I military work. The Smithsonian Institution Building is seen in the background.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 562, Box 1, Folder: Photographs- NHB including the laying of the corner stone
