| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1875 - 946 pages
...photographs at the entrance for pictures of the main buildings. He had none. " What, no photograph of the South Kensington Museum!" I exclaimed, with...Sir," replied the man, mildly, " you see, the museum doesn't stand still long enough to be photographed." And so, indeed, it seems ; and this constant addition... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - 1882 - 254 pages
...one aspect of it which, if examined, does not reveal that it is rapidly growing to a larger future. I applied to a man who sells photographs of such edifices for pictures of the main buildings. He had none. " What, no photograph of the South Kensington Museum !" I exclaimed, with some... | |
| United States National Museum - 1891 - 1232 pages
...any organization which intends to found and maintain a museum, that the work will never be finished, that when the collections cease to grow, they begin...sir,' replied the man, mildly, 'you see the museum doesn't stand still long enough to be photographed.' And so indeed it seems," continued Mr. Conway,... | |
| United States National Museum - 1889 - 1242 pages
...any organization which intends to found and maintain a museum, that the work will never be finished, that when the collections cease to grow, they begin...Museum!' I exclaimed; with some impatience. 'Why, .';••' t';k , J "... i fVm IkldTl MdiMU -v ,.r, .-,,,, 1 i «,..,,,,..,,,,.,. I .,.•...,'<_ ^... | |
| George Brown Goode - 1891 - 32 pages
...any organization which inteudsto found and maintain a museum, thatthe work will never be finished, that when the collections cease to grow, they begin to decay. A friend relating an experience iu South Kensington, said: "I applied to a man who sells photographs of such edifices for pictures... | |
| United States National Museum - 1891 - 1328 pages
...any organization which inteudsto found and maintain a museum, thatthe work will never be finished, that when the collections cease to grow, they begin to decay. A friend relating an experience iu South Kensington, said: "I applied to a man who sells photographs of such edifices for pictures... | |
| William Henry Flower - 1898 - 428 pages
...any organisation which intends to found and maintain a museum, that the work will never be finished, that when the collections cease to grow they begin to decay. A finished museum is a dead museum, and a dead museum is a useless museum." IV SCHOOL MUSEUMS1 HAVING... | |
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