Uncle Beazley on Mall
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Title:
- Uncle Beazley on Mall
- 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
- Summary:
- Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Uncle Beazley first appeared in the children's book "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Buttersworth
- Restrictions:
- For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
- Topics:
- Uncle Beazley, Children, Sculpture, Dinosaurs, Triceratops
- Subjects:
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Anacostia Community Museum, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Category:
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Place:
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Form/Genre:
- Photographic print, Group, candid
- Local Number:
- 76-13824-31A or 76-13824.31A
- Physical Description:
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Full Record:
- http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9361~!0#focus
