DescriptionSecretary Baird's Office in Smithsonian Institution Building.jpg
English: The East Range Office of Secretary Spencer Baird (1878-1887), in the Smithsonian Institution Building around 1878. Baird's state of the art Wooten desk, providing a filing system with pigeon holes and writing surfaces, is visible on the far left.
The original negative number is 2337, but that negative has been lost. This photo is featured in: Field, Stamm & Ewing. The Castle, An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building (p. 37).
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The East Range Office of Secretary Spencer Baird (1878-1887), in the Smithsonian Institution Building around 1878. Wooten desk, providing a filing system with pigeon holes and writing surfaces, is visible on the far left.