S. Dillon Ripley Views Quadrangle

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

Alternate image number is 96-599.

Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley sitting on roof of building across from South Yard. Aerial view of Quadrangle shows Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) or Castle, Enid A. Haupt Garden, National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (AMSG). The National Mall and National Museum of Natural History can be seen behind the Castle in the distance.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7008

Contact information

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

Date

1987

Standard number

SIA2007-0157

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Landscape

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex

Grounds

Museum buildings

Gardens, Victorian

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9800