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Item Information     Who else has...     Cluss & Schulze     Arthur, Chester Alan,     Garfield, James A.     Arts and Industries Building     United States National Museum     United States.     Event     Inaugurations     Openings     Interiors     Statues     Electricity     Museum visitors     Museum buildings     Statues     Bunting (Cloth)     Inaugural Balls     Electric lighting     Garfield Inaugural Ball     Electricity     Museum openings     Stencil work     Engraving     Event     Interior

U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball Date:  1881 Author/Creator:  Cluss & Schulze Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder 10 Summary:  Engraving of the United States National Museum (now called the Arts and Industries Building) by Cluss & Schulze, Architects, depicting the interior of the building decorated for President James A. Garfield's and Chester A. Arthur's Inaugural Ball, March 4, 1881. Building was lavishly decorated for the event with the "Statue of America" in the rotunda holding an electric light. Garlands of electric lights have been strung from the ceiling. In the engraving people are shown attending the ball. This was the first event held in the building. Notes:  Both negative numbers 72-1116 or 72-11116 are on the photo Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Interior Medium: Engraving Negative Number:  SIA2009-0161 and 72-1116 or 72-11116 Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  SIA2009-0161.tif, 600 dpi, Subject:  Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Arts and Industries Building United States National Museum United States. President Event Inaugurations Openings Interiors Statues Electricity Museum visitors Museum buildings Statues Bunting (Cloth) Inaugural Balls Electric lighting Garfield Inaugural Ball Electricity Museum openings Stencil work Form/Genre:  Engraving Event Interior Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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