Temple of invention : history of a national landmark /
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Author / Creator: | Robertson, Charles (Charles J.) |
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Imprint: | London : Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery in association with Scala Publishers, 2006. |
Description: | 106, [6] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6118776 |
Table of Contents:
- Beginnings
- The turning point
- Robert Mills in charge
- A museum of curiosities
- Era of expansion
- The Civil War years
- Lincoln's inaugural ball
- Completion of the building
- The conflagration
- Rebuilding
- Decline
- Revival
- The museums
- Renovation.