Unveiling of Model for "The Federal City: Plans and Realities" Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle

Summary

Unveiling of a model for the exhibition "The Federal City: Plans and Realities" in the Office of Exhibits Central workshop, with (from left) John Singleton, model maker; John Widener, Exhibits Central; Paul Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs; Charles Conrad, Director of the National Capital Planning Commission; Wilcomb Washburn, curator of the exhibition and Director of the Office of American Studies; Charles Atherton, Secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts; Samuel Fraser, National Capital Planning Commission; and Donald Myers, Commission of Fine Arts. They are viewing a model of the city's central area as it was in 1900.

Subject

• Perrot, Paul N
• Washburn, Wilcomb E
• Atherton, Charles Henry 1932-2005
• Conrad, Charles H
• Fraser, Samuel
• Myers, Donald
• Singleton, John
• Widener, John
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central

Notes

• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in the "Torch," March 1976: A three-dimensional look at the plans of Washington's successive planners and designers was unveiled February 23 as a Bicentennial exhibition. "The Federal City: Plans and Realities," opened in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Building.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: March 1976, Image No. 76-2525-18

Repository Loc.

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

Date

• 1976
• February 3, 1976

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

• Models (representations)
• Exhibitions
• Models and modelmaking

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [76-2525-18]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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