Flag Designed for the National Portrait Gallery

ID: 71-1895

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1971

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder: 1

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Summary

Bureau flags were designed for all the Smithsonian bureaus for the celebration of the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. The thirteen individual banners were all similar except for the design of the canton in the upper left corner. All have a blue field with gold fringe on the upper, lower, and right sides. In the center is a gold sun burst with sixteen alternating straight and wavy rays representing the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." The canton for the National Portrait Gallery features a silhouette inside two olive branches.

Subject

  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)
  • Bicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of James Smithson 1965

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The first Smithsonian flag was designed in 1955.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder: 1

Contact information

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

Date

1971

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Insignia
  • Smithsonian Flag
  • Logos (Symbols)
  • Flags
  • Logo

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

71-1895

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

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