Category:US National Archives series: Photographic Prints of Storage Conditions of U.S. Government Records Before Accession to the National Archives, 1935 - 1944

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The photographs in this series were produced by the Archives' Division of Photographic Archives and Research and were used by the Archives' Division of Accessions to determine the existing condition of stored Government records. The majority of these photographs were taken by Harry J. Baudu of the Photographic Archives staff. These photographs show the often inadequate storage conditions for inactive records produced by Federal Government agencies: crude wooden shelving collapsed under the weight of records; placement of records on damp basement floors; poorly ventilated storage rooms for nitrate film; and piles of documents rendered inaccessible for retrieval. Some of the storage locations photographed include the White House garage, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Naval Torpedo Station in Alexandria, VA. Also in this series are several photographs of archives in foreign countries, including New Delhi, India; the Hague, Netherlands; Cuba; the Philippines; and Germany. For other views of foreign archives buildings, see RG 64, Series FA and RG 200, Series VGF.

Media in category "US National Archives series: Photographic Prints of Storage Conditions of U.S. Government Records Before Accession to the National Archives, 1935 - 1944"

The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.

Photograph of a Mechanical Installation in the National Archives Building - DPLA - 75504481dae78314a09c178e06ec1b65.jpg 5,379 × 3,592; 1.87 MB
Photograph of a Mechanical Installation of Sound Test Gauge in the National Archives Building - DPLA - c6064333f265ee24263159cb14b6cdb4.jpg 6,706 × 4,467; 16.22 MB
Photograph of a View of the Entire Site for the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 2c4315107590204a5518c788fbb38400.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.15 MB
Photograph of Construction and Addition of Structural Support of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - cc2eb819994398fa7f3545da14fe7f84.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.42 MB
Photograph of Construction of a Stack Area in the National Archives Building - DPLA - 724457a8755569df908487af149ca57f.jpg 6,706 × 4,467; 15.41 MB
Photograph of Construction of the Base Wall of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 5f68457cedc60a76c5fafe2f37744ed2.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.35 MB
Photograph of Construction of the Loading Dock in the National Archives Building - DPLA - 354ad7cd26f8bedd18632cca25a24ba4.jpg 5,375 × 3,576; 2.43 MB
Photograph of Construction of the National Archives Building, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue Quarter, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 7db0df36f5a29c81441d9c3ddb1caee3.jpg 5,375 × 3,576; 2.15 MB
Photograph of Construction of the National Archives Building, Looking Northeast, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 32e234215562f993b0b43960abebb0b8.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 15.88 MB
Photograph of Excavation of the Foundation for the National Archives Building View of 9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Looking Northwest, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 43389590beac39e0b4dbbf3f30426520.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.22 MB
Photograph of Fort Hunt, Virginia - DPLA - b834df805250c5b062e3c32d062b431d.jpg 6,706 × 4,467; 15.42 MB
Photograph of Haley Garage, 21st and Virginia Ave. NW, Washington DC - DPLA - 47ce089682ba0302156f004d09a67d30.jpg 5,240 × 3,168; 5.23 MB
Photograph of National Archives Building Drawing by John Russell Pope - DPLA - abb0b92238d36ffa5ca477953113d11c.jpg 5,352 × 3,552; 1.95 MB
Photograph of Post Office Department Records - DPLA - 5b7b7c7a357ad8f72958f1bf6501c3e2.jpg 4,408 × 6,695; 2.64 MB
Photograph of Suitland, Maryland Film Vaults - DPLA - b43a65be50b2002d6acdb73eda38bf5e.jpg 6,669 × 4,433; 3.09 MB
Photograph of the Advanced Construction of the Guides and Supporting Structures to Build the Walls for the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 2f03cf3ace1448e530c4d28c083b226f.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.87 MB
Photograph of the Almost Complete Construction of the Exterior of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 84f45f5e5063682491d71af84f05f060.jpg 5,375 × 3,576; 2.27 MB
Photograph of the Cleared Building Site at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street Looking Northeast, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 342232db436ead467e637619dbcb5020.jpg 5,378 × 3,552; 2.81 MB
Photograph of the Cleared Building Site on 9th Street Looking West, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 60540a9a7e851853b4566fd05e3b2fe4.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.27 MB
Photograph of the Construction of the Foundation for the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 054e0aac50ee4ba224af0a675e582b2e.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.53 MB
Photograph of the Early Construction of the Rotunda of the National Archives Building - DPLA - f770e4311ccb067fa1b1cef3878d4e15.jpg 3,576 × 5,375; 2.19 MB
Photograph of the Entire Site for the National Archives Building View of 7th Street, Looking East, Washington, D.C. - DPLA - 6c9a65a16fc24add6358a9603d680c3a.jpg 6,683 × 4,440; 16.49 MB
Photograph of the Gage Board for the Dehumidifier, Steam Pressure, and Cooling Water in the Sub-Basement of the National Archives Building - DPLA - d6f85198bd70e81ef74aa8f6f6a86365.jpg 3,552 × 5,352; 2.46 MB
Photograph of the Moat of the National Archives Building - DPLA - d5f31835d44f9649ebce268467c615cd.jpg 3,576 × 5,375; 2.35 MB
Photograph of the New Transformer in the Northwest Transformer Vault of the National Archives Building - DPLA - be8e2be8e848d5ffbfa099803a29d82e.jpg 4,464 × 6,706; 16.6 MB
Photograph of U.S. Food Administration Records - DPLA - b287108e522b0f301626b1843afeb1c9.jpg 6,695 × 4,413; 2.54 MB
Photograph of U.S. Shipping Board Records, Fourth Floor Ramp - DPLA - 65ca5b220a0492606387ae897b694071.jpg 6,695 × 4,413; 2.76 MB
Photograph of U.S. Shipping Board Records, Fourth Floor, 21st St. Wing - DPLA - 175c8ee903c5fac3ad3f902a5e688635.jpg 4,408 × 6,695; 2.65 MB
Photograph of War Department Files - DPLA - ee23a6ff44e29f6dfeef44970b778c4d.jpg 5,136 × 3,128; 5.33 MB