Laying out of the Nation's Capital, NMAH
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1966
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 13
A diorama of Andrew Ellicott and his assistant Benjamin Banneker taking a break from surveying the boundaries of Washington, D.C., in "Laying out the Nation's Capital" in the Hall of Physical Sciences. To the left of the diorama is an exhibit of various instruments used. The exhibit opened in March 1966 in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 13
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1966
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Washington (D.C.)
59810-27A or OPA-841K
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print