SI Staff Use Smithsonian Metro Station Farecard Vending Machines

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Object Details

Creator

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Notes

Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.

Featured in the "Torch," August 1977.

Summary

Caption from Torch: "Six hundred eighty-five Smithsonian staffers gathered in the new Metro station on June 17 for a guided tour and explanation of the system by Metro officials. The initiation must have helped because an unofficial count shows that delighted station users include many SI employees who had never ridden the Metro until the blue line opened on July 1. In the photograph, a group of employees try out an automatic farecard machine."

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: August 1977, Image No. 77-8307-09

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1977

June 17, 1977

Local number

SIA RU000371 [77-8307-09]

Restrictions & Rights

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Type

Black-and-white photographs

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 5 x 8;

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Topic

Subway stations

Local transit

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_397442