Fénykövi Elephant Decorated with a Banner, Rotunda of NMNH

ID: SIA2009-0244 or 81-751-18

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Event

Date: January 20, 1981

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 59A, Folder: 12

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Summary

Party goers attending President Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Ball at the National Museum of Natural History fill the Rotunda The Fénykövi Elephant, wearing a banner with stars on it, facing forward is in the center of the Rotunda. The band is visible in the right rear under the second floor. A few people can be seen on the second floor balconies.

Subject

  • Reagan, Ronald
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States President (1981-1989 : Reagan)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 59A, Folder: 12

Contact information

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

Date

January 20, 1981

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animals
  • Inaugurations
  • Inaugural Balls
  • Balconies
  • Banners
  • Inaugural events
  • Crowds
  • Rotundas
  • Fénykövi Elephant
  • Inauguration Day
  • Elephants
  • Event
  • Musicians

Form/Genre

  • Event
  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2009-0244 or 81-751-18

Physical description

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

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