Buffalo
1873
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.7 × 7.6 cm (3 1/16 × 3 in.); Card: 8.6 × 17.5 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199033
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Text printed on reverse of stereocard: THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Derives its name from its founder, Mr. James Smithson, an English gentleman who died at Genoa, in the year 1828, leaving his entire property, amounting to $515,169, for the purpose of "founding at Washington, an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." This fund came into the possession of the United States Government, September, 1, ...