Boomerang Demonstration on The Mall

ID: 94-6151-9

Creator: Avino, Mark

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1994

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder September 1994

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Summary

Boomerang expert Vice Brown demonstrates the dynamic principles of boomerang flight to a participant in the "Boomeranging on the Mall" workshop, sponsored by the Educational Services Department at Air and Space. An event that is similar in spirit, The Smithsonian Associates' annual Kite Festival, has been organized by Brown's parents, Margo and Bevan Brown, for many years.

Subject

National Air and Space Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, September 1994

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder September 1994

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1994

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Boomerangs
  • Brown, Vince
  • Education
  • Museums
  • Museums--Educational aspects

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

94-6151-9

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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