Star-Spangled Banner in A&I

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

United States National Museum

Arts and Industries Building

Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)

Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

Notes

USNM R 1908, p. 14; USNM R. 1914, p. 18

Summary

Exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner, acquired on loan in 1907, and exhibited in the middle of the west wall of the North Hall in the Arts and Industries Building beginning in 1914. Photo dates to after 1927, when the Spirit of St. Louis, a corner of which is visible in upper right, was hung in the North Hall. Military regalia is exhibited in cases in the foreground.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder: 3

Contact information

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

Date

1928

Standard number

SIA2010-2708 or 11115 or MAH-11115

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exhibit

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Interiors

Arts and Industries Building--North Hall

National Collections

Museum visitors

Flags

Exhibitions

Airplanes

Military paraphernalia

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9294