Presentation of John L. Lewis Bust to National Portrait Gallery ; Presentation of Diamonds to National Museum of Natural History
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ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1764]
Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1971
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 17, Image No. OPA-1764
Presentation of bust of John L. Lewis [NPG.70.68], former president of the United Mine Workers of America, to National Portrait Gallery (NPG), June 16, 1971. ; Presentation of first synthetic gem-quality diamonds by General Electric (GE) to the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), with NMNH Director Richard S. Cowan, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, and George S. Switzer, curator in the Division of Mineral Sciences, June 17, 1971.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 17, Image No. OPA-1764
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Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1764]
35mm;