Moving Magnolia Trees for Haupt Garden

ID: 85-17668-8A

Creator: Long, Eric

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1985

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder January 1986

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Summary

One of the first eight trees (lindens and magnolias) for the Enid Haupt Garden at the Quadrangle site being unloaded by crane on November 20, 1985. This photograph shows a construction worker guiding a magnolia to its resting place near the entry pavilion of the National Museum of African Art with the Castle in the background.

Subject

  • South Yard
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, January 1986

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder January 1986

Contact information

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

Date

1985

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Trees
  • Construction
  • Cranes, derricks, etc
  • Grounds
  • Gardens
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Event

Place

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

85-17668-8A

Physical description

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

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