Solomon Brown Tribute with D. Evans, G. Lowe, C.E. Payne, D.B. Payne & C. Samper
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ID: SIA2011-1198
Creator: Dorwin, Harold
Form/Genre: Event
Date: June 15, 2004
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-291, Folder: TORCH July-December 2004
The Smithsonian commemorated the 100th anniversary of the ground breaking for the Natural History Museum Building with a ceremony on June 15, 2004 which paid tribute to the memory of Solomon G. Brown, the Smithsonian Institution's first African American employee. Brown, who was at the 1904 ground breaking, was a self-taught natural historian and poet who worked for the Institution for more than 50 years. In his reminiscences, Brown expressed regret that the trees had to be cut down to build the new museum. In the image from the left, David Evans, Under Secretary for Science; Gail Lowe, senior historian, Anacostia Museum; Clara Ellis Payne and Darryl Brandon Payne, descendants of Solomon Brown; and Cristian Samper, National Museum of Natural History director.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-291, Folder: TORCH July-December 2004
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 15, 2004
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SIA2011-1198
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 10.3w x 7.2h; Type of Image: Group; Exterior; Event; Medium: Digital Image