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Owls in the Castle Tower

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Object Details

Author

Johnson, Michael

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building West Tower
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, June 1977

Summary

Owls, named "Increase" and "Diffusion", who lived in the West Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, perch on a ledge.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: June 1977

Contact information

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

Date

1977

Standard number

96-929

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print
Animal, candid

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Birds
Increase and Diffusion
Owls

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8341

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