Dignitaries and Guests at the Dedication of MHT

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Summary

Distinguished guests are seated on the stage at the dedication of the Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Secretary Leonard Carmichael is at the lectern addressing the guests. Seated from left to right: Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Regent; Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Regent; Secretary-elect S. Dillon Ripley; William A. M. Burden, Regent; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Clinton P. Anderson, Regent; Jerome C. Hunsaker, Regent; Lady Bird Johnson; Caryl P. Haskins, Regent; and Congressman Clarence Cannon, Regent.

Subject

  • Anderson, Clinton Presba
  • Cannon, Clarence
  • Haskins, Caryl Parker 1908-
  • Hunsaker, Jerome C (Jerome Clarke) 1886-1984
  • Johnson, Lady Bird 1912-
  • Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
  • Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
  • Kirwan, Michael J (Michael Joseph) 1886-1970
  • Saltonstall, Leverett 1892-
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Burden, William A. M (William Armistead Moale) 1906-
  • Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • Regents Smithsonian Institution
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress
  • United States Congress Senate
  • United States President
  • United States President (1963-1969 : Johnson)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 9, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

January 22, 1964

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Openings
  • Museum openings
  • Secretaries
  • Dedications (Ceremony)
  • Presidents
  • Presidents' spouses

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Event
  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

P-6412 (2-D)

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.5 h x 10w; Type of Image: Event; Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

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