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VIEW SOUTHWEST, NORTH FRONTS OF QUARANTINE GREENHOUSES -1, -2, -3 (BUILDINGS 28, 29, 31) - U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD
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Smalling, Walter Jr., creator
Title
VIEW SOUTHWEST, NORTH FRONTS OF QUARANTINE GREENHOUSES -1, -2, -3 (BUILDINGS 28, 29, 31) - U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD
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U.S. Department of Agriculture; Morrison, Benjamin Y; Bradford, Frederick; Robinson and Associates, Incorporated; Smalling, Walter, photographer; Ewing, Heather, historian; Robinson, Judith, historian
Depicted place Maryland; Prince George's County; Glenn Dale
Date Documentation compiled after 1968; 1996
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MD,17-GLDLE,1-8
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive trial, and, if suitable, increase and distribute the plants. Glenn Dale was distinct for the role that it evolved as the center of the USDA's plant quarantine activities.
  • Survey number: HAER MD-122
  • Building/structure dates: 1919-1937 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after 1940 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1950 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1986 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1465.photos.384418p
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