Telephony Exhibit in Arts and Industries Building, 1957

ID: SIA2007-0133 SIA

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 10, 1957

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 29

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Summary

Telephony Exhibit, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, opened in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, on March 10, 1957. A bust statue is on display in the center front as well as exhibit cases on "Early Telephone" on the left and early telephones on the right.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number was 2602 but SPS could not locate it.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 29

Contact information

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

Date

March 10, 1957

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Telephone
  • History of Technology
  • Exhibitions
  • Exhibit openings
  • Statues

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2007-0133 SIA

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print

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