Uncle Beazley in the Snow

Summary

Fiberglass model of "Uncle Beazley," the dinosaur (Triceratops) used in the film "The Enormous Egg," stands all covered with snow on the Mall. The Smithsonian Institution Building is visible in the background. Uncle Beazley first appeared in the children's book "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Buttersworth.

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

At the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum on September 15, 1967, Uncle Beazley was placed in the parking lot adjoining the Carver Theater, the site of the first Anacostia Museum, now known as the Anacostia Community Museum. Uncle Beazley was later moved to the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History and then in 1994 to the Rhino Yard near the Elephant House at the National Zoological Park.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 549, Box 2, Folder: Uncle Beazley in the Snow

Contact information

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

Date

1977

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Dinosaurs
• Snow
• Sculpture
• Models (representations)
• Uncle Beazley
• Triceratops
• Models and modelmaking

Place

• District of Columbia
• Northwest
• Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
• United States of America
• National Mall
• Washington

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Object

ID Number

SIA2007-0069 and 77-322-15A

Physical description

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

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