Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
c. 1902-1910
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
Summary:
The Rotunda of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, showing the Statue of Freedom, military canons, a Limoges vase, and Far Eastern sculptures.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38, Folder: 7
