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Physical description:
Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 5.4w x 3.4h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
Type:
Postcard
Paper
Date:
1933
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first opened to the public on March 17, 1910, as the new United States National Museum. The National Museum was first housed in what is now the Arts and Industries Building.
Summary:
Grayscale postcard of Toltec Indians on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. There are two Native American men in the exhibit and they are cutting into a block of stone. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note about the Toltecs: "The Toltec Indians of Mexico, like the Maya of the Yucatan and Guatemala, were master builders of prehistoric America. Although they dwelt in simple huts, their temples were of stone, quarried from the mountain side and intricately carved with stone tools. The two men in this group are represented in the act of cutting designs in blocks of stone."
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, Box 16, Folder: Postcards
