Balloon in Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building
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Form/Genre: Exhibit
Date: May 28, 1968
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-008
Workers prepare a hot air balloon to hang in the Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building. The centerpiece of the Charles Eames exhibit 'Photography and the City: The Evolution of an Art and a Science', which opened June 6, 1968, the balloon was used to illustrate the method used to take the first aerial photo in the United States.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
See Neg. # 66727-15 for a view of the balloon hanging in the Rotanda of the Arts and Industries Building.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-008
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 28, 1968
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OPA-1353-15
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 1.5 w x 1h (35mm); Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Black and White Negative