Ceremony and Reception for the Resolute Desk
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1967
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 08, Image No. OPA-1121
Ceremony and reception for the Resolute desk, on exhibition at the Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History from 1966-1977, with Webb C. Hayes, great-grandson of President Rutherford B. Hayes, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, and William Howard Taft III, grandson of President William Howard Taft. The desk was made from the timbers of the HMS Resolute and was a gift from Queen Victoria to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 08, Image No. OPA-1121
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1121]
35mm;