Fireworks for 150th Birthday Party on the Mall

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Object Details

Author

Bryant, M

Subject

150th Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)

Summary

Fireworks going off behind the Washington Monument on the night of August 10, 1996. The fireworks were part of the Birthday Party on the Mall celebration of the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary of its founding. The photograph shows the Washington Monument and some of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-074, Box 1, Folder: Birthday Party on the Mall Fireworks and Sunday Night Light Show

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

96-25380-35 or 96-25380.35

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Landscape

Physical description

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

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party

Sesquicentennial of the Smithsonian Institution (Event)

Anniversaries

Fireworks

Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)

Event

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_10441