Countess Stella Andrassy Demonstrates Solar Cooking at the Festival of American Folklife

ID: SIA RU000371 [94-2868]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1977

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: October 1977, Image No. 94-2868

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Summary

Swedish-born Countess Stella Andrassy uses her own solar oven to demonstrate solar cooking as part of the outdoor presentation of "America's Appetite (For Energy)" at the 11th annual Festival of American Folklife.

Subject

  • Andrassy, Stella 1902-1998
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
  • Festival of American Folklife

Notes

  • Featured in the "Torch," October 1977.
  • Prominent in the solar energy field, concern for the energy need of the world's poor motivated her lifelong work. She held patents on solar water heaters, stills, stoves, and food driers.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: October 1977, Image No. 94-2868

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1977
  • July 1977

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Topic

  • Solar energy
  • Solar cooking

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [94-2868]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

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