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Donation by "All in the Family" Cast

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Lear, Norman
Reiner, Rob
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
Stapleton, Jean 1923-
Struthers, Sally
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
Nation of Nations (Exhibition) (1976: Smithsonian Institution)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, October 1978

Summary

The cast of the television sitcom "All in the Family" came to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, to donate Archie and Edith Bunker's chairs to the "A Nation of Nations" exhibit in September of 1978. (L-R): Jean Stapleton, Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley, Norman Lear, Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner as they peer into the case where the chairs are displayed.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: October 1978

Contact information

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

Date

1978

Standard number

92-1711

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

Secretaries
Artifacts
Celebrities and Dignitaries
Exhibitions
Gifts
Secretariats
Television

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8678

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