Artificial Kidney Machine Donation to NMAH

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Summary

Presentation of an artificial kidney machine to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) on June 24, 1968. Museum director Frank A. Taylor stands at left, curator Silvio A. Bedini stands at center, and Assistant Secretary Sidney R. Galler stands at right. The presentation ceremony takes place in the Presidential Reception Suite of the History and Technology Building.

Subject

  • Bedini, Silvio A
  • Galler, Sidney Roland
  • Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 9, Folder: Artificial kidney presentation

Contact information

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

Date

1968

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Medicine
  • Artifacts
  • History of Science and Technology
  • Technology
  • Exhibitions
  • Gifts
  • Museums
  • History
  • Medical sciences
  • Museum directors
  • United States--History--Technology
  • Museum curators

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

66055-25a

Physical description

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

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