The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has an old farm house
rebuilt inside of it.  (It is not currently on display to the public.)  I
assume that when it was dismantled and moved from its original location the
pieces were given some sort of accession numbers.  Bill Yiengst is one of
the staff members working on the interpretation of the house.  I do not
have his number, but I am sure you could get it just by calling the museum.
Good luck.




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I guess this is the day for queries.  Does anyone have any experience with
applying accession numbers to all the parts of a dismantled building,
particularly the wood elements such as beams?  Does one usually paint
numbers on, affix tags, apply small metal plates with the numbers punched
into them, etc..  Any help would be immensely appreciated.

Martha S. Small
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