Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. View of Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building (completed 1881). Taken in December 1889. Washington D.C.
The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.