"Iron and Steel in America" Exhibit, United States National Museum

ID: 44170 and MAH-44170

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1950s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 16, Folder: 8

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Summary

The "Iron and Steel in America" exhibition prepared as part of the Smithsonian's Exhibits Modernization Program in the 1950s. The exhibit was located in the United States National Museum (USNM), now the Arts and Industries (A&I) Building. Visitors are looking at gigantic chain links while others are looking at exhibit cases.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 16, Folder: 8

Contact information

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

Date

1950s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • History of Science and Technology
  • Industrial Evolution, United States
  • Technology
  • Iron and Steel in America (Exhibition)
  • Exhibitions
  • Iron
  • Steel
  • History
  • United States--History--Technology

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

44170 and MAH-44170

Physical description

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

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