Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1962
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 562 Box 1 Folder Photos of Interior of SIB - Greenough Statue
Looking at an empty window frame, straight on, in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The window and part of the window frame were removed in order to move the statue of George Washington sculpted by Horatio Greenough out of the building. The statue was moved out of the building on September 6, 1962.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 562 Box 1 Folder Photos of Interior of SIB - Greenough Statue
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1962
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2003-19476
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 6h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print