Secretary S. Dillon Ripley Cuts 10th Anniversary Cake

Summary

Secretary S. Dillon Ripley cuts a cake at a ceremony commemorating his decade of service as director of the Smithsonian Institution at party held in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle. With Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, honorary research associate in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at National Museum of Natural History, Alexander Wetmore, sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1944-1952), Mary Livingston Ripley, and David Challinor, Assistant Secretary for Science.

Subject

• Challinor, David
• Ripley, Mary Livingston
• Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
• Schmitt, Waldo L (Waldo Lasalle) 1887-1977
• Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978
• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Also known as 74-1309-4A.
• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in "The Torch," April 1974.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: April 1974, Image No. 74-1309-04A

Repository Loc.

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

Date

• 1974
• February 26, 1974

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

Anniversaries

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [74-1309-04A ]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10 ;

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