Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Event
Date:
March 4, 1881
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
In the United States National Museum Building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, a view of the North Hall looking towards the Rotunda with the "Statue of America" facing the Hall. The building is decorated for the March 4, 1881, inaugural ball of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, the first public use of the new museum building. Strings of garlands of electric lights were strung from the ceiling and the "Statue of America" in the Rotanda held an electric lamp in her hand.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder: 10