Docent Hilde Newberry in National Museum of Natural History

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Newberry, Hilde

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," December 1974

Summary

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) docent Mrs. Hilde Newberry dressed as a modern Navajo demonstrates to children how to wrap yarn around a spindle in the Hall of North American Indians.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1974

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1974

Standard number

94-13198

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Museum docents

Hall of North American Indians (Exhibition)

Women

Education

Volunteer workers in museums

Volunteers

Exhibitions

Teaching demonstrations

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8408