Textile Exhibit, A&I Building

ID: SIA2013-07636

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1960

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 17, Folder: 13

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Summary

New exhibit of textile technology prepared as part of the Smithsonian's Exhibits Modernization Program in the 1950s. The exhibit was located in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. Looms and other equipment are visible in the right foreground. Visitors to the exhibit can be seen.

Subject

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

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 17, Folder: 13

Contact information

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

Date

1960

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Looms
  • Textile Exhibit
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Textiles
  • Textile machinery
  • Textile fabrics
  • Museum visitors

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2013-07636

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 7w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Model; Medium: Photographic print

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