Presentation of Jubilee Diamond to Museum of Natural History

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F27A_007]

Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1961

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 27A, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F27A_007

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Summary

Presentation of Jubilee Diamond, on loan to the Museum of Natural History for eight months, by industrialist and philanthropist Paul-Louis Weiller, with George S. Switzer, curator in the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology (second from left), his wife, Sue Joan Bowden Switzer (second from right), and Rebecca Pollard "Polly" Guggenheim Logan, philanthropist and patron of the arts (far right).

Subject

  • Weiller, Paul-Louis 1893-1993
  • Switzer, George S (George Shirley) 1915-2008
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • b Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Geology
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy and Petrology

Notes

NH Lab No. MNH-759D

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 27A, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F27A_007

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1961
  • November 8, 1961

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

  • Gems
  • Special events

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F27A_007]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

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