Secretary's Badge of Office

ID: SIA2008-2296; 80-4397-20

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1980

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 4

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Summary

The Smithsonian Secretary's Badge of Office is a gold owl motif pendant. In this view, the pendant is displayed in its storage box, which has the name of the maker, Leslie Durbin of London, England, on the top half of the box. The Secretary's Badge of Office was created by the 8th Secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, c. 1965.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Durbin, Leslie 1913-2005

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There are additional color and black and white images in RU 95, Box 66, Folder 4. For additional images see Neg. #s SIA 2008-2294, SIA2008-2295, SIA2008-2297, and SIA 2008-2298.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 4

Contact information

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

Date

1980

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Pendant
  • Owls
  • Badge of Office
  • Secretary of the Smithsonian
  • Secretary of the Smithsonian--Badge of Office

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

SIA2008-2296; 80-4397-20

Physical description

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

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