NMHT Receives First Caterpillar Engine

ID: 96-920

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1973

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder 28 January 1974

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Summary

Dr. Robert A. Brooks (Assistant Secretary 1972-73, Under Secretary 1973-76) and William Blackie, Caterpillar director, standing with the first Caterpillar diesel engine which was given to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.

Subject

  • Brooks, Robert A
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, 28 January 1974

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder 28 January 1974

Contact information

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

Date

1973

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Caterpillar Engine
  • Blackie, William
  • Technology
  • Exhibitions
  • Gifts
  • Event

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

96-920

Physical description

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

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