Unveiling of the Fénykövi Elephant

ID: SIA2010-0611

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 6, 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7320, Box 3, Folder 2

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Summary

José Fénykövi and his wife Sonia with Secretary of the Smithsonian Dr. Leonard Carmichael and probably the Director of National Museum of Natural History Albert C. Smith are in the Rotunda of the Natural History Building watching the unveiling of the Fénykövi Elephant.

Subject

  • Smith, Albert. C
  • Fénykövi, Josef J
  • Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
  • Fénykövi, Sonia
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building Rotunda

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7320, Box 3, Folder 2

Contact information

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

Date

March 6, 1959

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Donors
  • Secretaries
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Fénykövi Elephant
  • Special events
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Museum directors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2010-0611

Physical description

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

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