President Reagan Awarding Dr. Maurice Hilleman the National Medal of Science

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Object Details

Description (Brief)

A photograph documenting President Ronald Reagan awarding the National Medal of Science to Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1988. The image in photograph 2017.3081.10 is only slightly different to that in 2017.3081.09, perhaps taken moments apart. This photograph bears no inscription.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman

date made

1988

ID Number

2017.3081.10

catalog number

2017.3081.10

nonaccession number

2017.3081

Object Name

photograph, commemorative, vaccine development

Measurements

overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in; 21.59 cm x 28.2575 cm

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-d739-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1877039