Hope Diamond Delivery

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973

Todd, James G

Winston, Edna (Fleishmann)

Winston, Ronald

Summerfield, Arthur E (Arthur Ellsworth) 1899-1972

United States Postal Service

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy

National Collections

Summary

Letter carrier James G. Todd presents to Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Smithsonian Secretary, the package containing the Hope Diamond delivered to the Natural History Building. Pictured from left to right are Mr. Ronald Winston, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, United States Postal Service letter carrier James G. Todd, Mrs. Edna Winston (wife of Harry Winston) and Dr. Leonard Carmichael.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder: 11

Contact information

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

Date

November 10, 1958

Standard number

SIA2010-0338 and MP-62A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 9.5w x 7.63h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Hope diamond

Gifts

Gems

Event

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_12324