Samuel Galloway Hibben (1888-1972)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3866]

Creator: Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1940

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3866

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Summary

Samuel Galloway Hibben (1888-1972), Director of Lighting, Westinghouse Lamp Company, shown measuring luminescent powder that will be used to send "canned sunlight" from Florida to the New York World's Fair on August 29, 1940, for the Florida section of the "World of Tomorrow."

Subject

  • Hibben, Samuel Galloway 1888-1972
  • Westinghouse Lamp Company
  • New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3866

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1940
  • 10/28/1940

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Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3866]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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