S. Dillon Ripley at the ANM Opening Ceremonies

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Summary

Outside the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM), Washington, D.C., waiting for the opening ceremonies to begin, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley stands in front of a crowd with his arms folded. The new community museum is located in the old Carver Theater, Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Anacostia Community Museum
  • Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
  • Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
  • Carver Theater

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of John R. Kinard Oral History Interview by Anne M. Rogers, July 30, 1987, in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9538, John R. Kinard Oral History Interview

Contact information

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

Date

1967

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Theater
  • Secretariats
  • Openings
  • Secretaries
  • New Museums
  • African Americans
  • Theaters
  • Event

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

91-519

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Event ; Medium: Photographic print

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