Arrival of a Spitfire at the Air and Space Museum

ID: 75-7969-21A or SIA75-7969-21A

Creator: Farrar, Richard

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1975

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95

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Summary

A Spitfire being moved into the National Air and Space Museum before it is opened, July 11, 1975. The airplane is on a flatbed truck being moved into the building through the door in the west end windows.

Subject

National Air and Space Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95

Contact information

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

Date

1975

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Moving of artifacts
  • Spitfire

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exterior

ID Number

75-7969-21A or SIA75-7969-21A

Physical description

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

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