Smithsonian Seal
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1893 or later
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 2
Seal designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens has the words "Per Orbem" and "For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men Smithsonian Institution Washington 1846." This design was approved by the Board of Regents in 1893 but was not used until 1894.
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 2
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1893 or later
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2003-19534
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print