President Lincoln's Bust

ID: SIA2009-0439

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Exhibit

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder 3

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Summary

On the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, a special exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building was set up. The bust of Abraham Lincoln sits on a pedastal that was used in the exhibit. Photos of Lincoln's head can be seen to the right of the bust.

Subject

  • Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
  • Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative # 46625-B

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder 3

Contact information

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

Date

1959

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Art works
  • Busts
  • Exhibitions
  • Statues
  • Presidents
  • Presidents--Biography--Exhibitions

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Exhibit
  • Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2009-0439

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Bust; Medium: Photographic print

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