Towers

Photograph, 1930 Smithsonian Institution negative #38195-I

View of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building dated 1930. The Campanile, North Tower, Southeast Tower and Flag Tower were visible. Men were erecting a new flag pole on the North Tower. The previous flag pole had been removed due to its unsafe condition.

Photograph, 1978 Smithsonian Institution negative #78-18448-108

Exterior view of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building with the Washington Monument prominently visible in the background. The view from the east showed the Campanile, North Tower, Flag Tower and Octagon Tower. In 1980 a nineteenth-century statue of St. Dunstan was installed from Westminster Abbey on the South Tower, which is to the left of the towers visible in the photograph.

Photograph, 1983 Smithsonian Institution negative #83-16282-13A

View of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building from its roof. The south sides of the North Tower and Flag Tower were visble, with the reconstructed roof of the former and the clock of the latter. The view of the National Musuem of Natural History was sited by the Castle's finial.

Photograph, 1983 Smithsonian Institution negative #83-16282-17

Exterior view of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building to the northeast. The Campanile and Southeast Tower were visible, framing a view to the West and East Buildings of the National Gallery of Art.

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