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Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Smithsonian Institution

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Object Details

Creator

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain 1926-
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
Rockefeller, Nelson A (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979
Burger, Warren E. 1907-1995
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
Featured in the "Torch," August 1976.

Summary

Chief Justice Warren Burger reads and presents to the Queen a Joint Resolution of Congress expressing to Her Majesty the appreciation of the people of the United States for the bequest of James Smithson, in the Associates' Lounge of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, during her visit to the United States to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: August 1976, Image No. 76-8526-28A

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1976
July 8, 1976

Local number

SIA RU000371 [76-8526-28A]

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

8 x 10;

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Topic

Special events

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_396621

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