Star-Spangled Banner in West Wing of Smithsonian Institution Building

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Smithsonian Institution Building West Wing

Notes

There is a line across the picture which looks like a crack in the glass plate negative. See Neg. #27897 for another view of the flag set up in the West Wing with seamstresses at work.

Summary

The Star-Spangled Banner laid out on tables in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building before it undergoes its 1914 restoration during which an Irish linen backing is attached to the flag. All the exhibitions have been removed from the room except the objects in the cases along the wall. The model of the giant squid hangs from the ceiling.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 25

Contact information

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

Date

1914

Standard number

27462 or MAH-27462

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Restoration

Conservation

Squids, Giant

Flags

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10375