Aerial View of the Mall Filled with People and Tents for 150th Birthday Party on the Mall

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

150th Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Freer Gallery of Art

Arts and Industries Building

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

National Air and Space Museum

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

United States Dept. of Energy James G. Forrestal Building

Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

National Archives and Record Administration (NARA)

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Summary

An aerial view of the National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums looking east towards the United States Capitol Building, August 10, 1996. The Mall is filled with people and tents for the Birthday Party on the Mall celebrating the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary. Buildings that can be seen in the photograph are the Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution Building, Arts and Industries Building, Hirshhorn Museum, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Gallery of Art, United States Capitol Building, National Archives and Records Administration, and the Department of Energy Forrestal Building.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-074, Box 1, Folder: Birthday Party on the Mall - Crowd shots and "Before and After" shots

Contact information

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

Date

1996

Standard number

96-25404-19 or 96-25404.19

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Landscape

Aerial

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Aerial; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party

Sesquicentennial of the Smithsonian Institution (Event)

Anniversaries

Aerial photography

Photography, Aerial

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10443