Opening of "1876: A Centennial Exhibition"

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Burger, Warren E. 1907-

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Bicentennial of the American Revolution

Arts and Industries Building

Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents

Board of Regents

1876: A Centennial Exhibition (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," June 1976

Summary

Chancellor Warren E. Burger and eighth Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, in a coach-and-four, at the opening of "1876: A Centennial Exhibition" in the Arts and Industries Building to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution on May 10, 1976.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: June 1976

Contact information

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

Date

1976

Standard number

76-6222-19A or SIA76-6222-19A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Event

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Event

Transportation

Regents

Exhibitions

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8544