James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration

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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