South façade

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Photograph, circa 1910 Smithsonian Institution negative #13318

Photograph dated 1912 of the south façade of the East Wing and Range. International Exchange Service workers were unloading boxes, indentified (left to right) as George Mare, Bellman, Tolson, Bennie Green, Soloman Brown and the driver. The International Exchange Service offices occupied the first floor after the 1884 renovation, but were moved to the basement in 1893.

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Photograph, 1935 Smithsonian Institution negative #33351

Exterior view of the south façade of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The Washington Monument was visible in the background. Vehicles were parked in the South Yard.

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Photograph, 1976 Smithsonian Institution negative #76-8898-7A

View of the South Yard and the south façade of the Smithsonian Institution Building in a photograph dated 1976. The Victorian Garden was created for the Bicenteniial (1976) in a former service/parking area. The South Yard had not yet been restructured with the Quadrangle.

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Photograph, 1984 Smithsonian Institution negative #84-17860

Color photograph of the door of the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The photograph shows the red Seneca sandstone of the building with its textured surface. The architect James Renwick, Jr., originally suggested a lighter stone or marble. The Smithsonian Board of Regents subsequently directed a study of a variety of building materials, choosing a darkly colored sandstone from quarries at Seneca Creek, Maryland.

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