Queen Elizabeth Visits the Smithsonian

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Author

Wallace, James

Subject

Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain 1926-

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Rockefeller, Nelson A (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

United States. Office of the Vice President

Notes

Featured in TORCH, August 1976

Summary

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley greet Queen Elizabeth II outside the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) or "Castle," July 8, 1976, during her visit to the United States to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 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

76-8513-2A or 76-8513.2A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Physical description

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

Place

Great Britain

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Celebrities and Dignitaries

Queens

Secretariats

Royal Visitors--Great Britain

Event

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8561