1886 – The “father of the modern American museum,” G Brown Goode, thanks a man for donation an “Idol” to the Smithsonian’s “United States National Museum”
Washington, DC: 1886. Envelope or Cover. This one-page letter to G. S. Faucher Esq. of West Winstead, Connecticut is written on letterhead that reads “United States National Museum / Under Direction Of / The Smithsonian Institution.” It is dated October 28, 1886 and signed by G. Brown Goode as the..... More