Mariner IV Exhibit in A&I, 1965

ID: 65835-I or P65835.I

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1965

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: August 1965

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Summary

Full-sized model of the Mariner IV Satellite on exhibit in the rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building in front of the "Statue of Freedom." The model is part of a National Air Museum exhibit in the Arts & Industries Building.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Statue of Freedom (Statue)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
  • Featured in the "Torch," No. 7, August 1965

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: August 1965

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

  • Satellites
  • Models (representations)
  • Exhibitions
  • Statues
  • Rotundas
  • Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

65835-I or P65835.I

Physical description

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

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