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Old Archives Office, Smithsonian Institution Building   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Old Archives Office, Smithsonian Institution Building Date:  1897 Author/Creator:  Unknown Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 19 Summary:  In 1894 a room on the fourth floor, East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," was converted for use as the Smithsonian Institution Archives. It was furnished with walnut cabinets for storage of early manuscripts and correspondence as well as drawings, photographs, and plans of the Institution. Over a large worktable in the center of the room, a combination gas-electric chandelier was hung from the pressed tin ceiling. Beneath the two framed pictures to the right of the door can be seen the mouth-piece of an "oral annunciator," an early type of intercom installed throughout the East Wing in 1884. Notes:  source: Field, Stamm & Ewing. The Castle, An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building, p. 48. For another image of the Old Archives Office with the door open see negative 13413 in Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 19. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print Negative Number:  13406 or MAH-13406 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:  MAH-13406.tif, 300 dpi, Subject:  Smithsonian Institution Building -- East Wing Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) Fourth Floor Intercom Museum archives Form/Genre:  Photographic print 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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