REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: NATIONAL MUSEUM 81 



PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY 



The photographic laboratory made during the year 3,025 negatives, 

 20,037 prints, 8G7 lantern slides, and 104 enlargements; developed 98 

 rolls of film and 48 film packs; and dry-mounted 39 prints. This 

 work represents a slight increase over last year in the number of 

 negatives and prints made, and was required by the National Museum 

 and by the National Gallery of Art and the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology, whose photographic needs are supplied by the laboratory 

 through a cooperative arrangement. 



BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT 



Repairs and alterations. — Among the more important repairs and 

 alterations to Museum buildings performed during the year are the 

 following: 



The exterior walls of the Natural History Building were washed by 

 a detail of firemen from the District of Columbia Fire Department. 



The plaster ceiling and side walls in the north lobby, Natural 

 History Building, were given three coats of paint, and other painting 

 was done as needed, both interior and exterior, including the tin roofs 

 of the Arts and Industries Building and the Smithsonian Building, 



The women's comfort room in the Natural History Building was 

 thoroughly renovated. 



The large second-floor east-corner room and the small room adjoin- 

 ing it, in the Arts and Industries Building, were remodeled in the 

 spring of 1933 for the occupancy of the associate director and his 

 assistants. The small anteroom was also renovated. Also, room 

 90 was remodeled for the use of the new illustrator. 



The cafe dining room in the Arts and Industries Building was 

 remodeled, the walls and ceiling covered with composition board, and 

 new fixtures installed. 



Work was completed on the installation of the pneumatic collecting 

 and conveying system in the two woodworking rooms in the carpenter 

 shop for removing sawdust. 



The work of dismantling the George Washington Bicentennial Art 

 Exhibit was completed in January. The two stone lions on the pedes- 

 tals at each side of the south steps, Natural History Building, were 

 removed and shipped to Newport News, Va., for permanent exhibi- 

 tion. Several of the plaster figures remained in the rotunda, having 

 been presented to the National Gallery of Art. 



Heat, light, and power. — The heat, light, and power plant, located 

 in the Natural History Building, was in continuous operation for 

 about 8 months of the year. The consumption of coal was somewhat 

 more than it was last year, but not above the average for the past few 

 years. For heat, light, and power production 3,297.1 tons of bitu- 

 minous coal were purchased at $4.62 a ton. 



