James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration

ID: 82-3272

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1965

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 59, Folder 5

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Summary

In a room in the Smithsonian Institution Building, from Left to Right: Frank T. Bow, Regent, Smithsonian Institution; Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents; and S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, dressed in their academic robes on the occasion of a three day celebration held September 16, 17, 18, 1965, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of James Smithson, the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Warren, Earl 1891-1974
  • Bow, Frank Townsend
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration 1965
  • Bicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of James Smithson 1965
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Chief Justice of the United States
  • Board of Regents

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 59, Folder 5

Contact information

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

Date

1965

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Anniversaries
  • Secretaries
  • Regents
  • Event

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

82-3272

Physical description

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

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