Unveiling of "The Federal City" Model

Summary

Unveiling of the model for the exhibition "The Federal City: Plans and Realities" in the Office of Exhibits Central workshop. Pictured are (from left) John Singleton, model maker; John Widener, Exhibits Central; Paul Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs; Charles Conrad, Director of the National Capital Planning Commission; Wilcomb Washburn, curator of the exhibition and Director of the Office of American Studies; Charles Atherton, Secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts; Samuel Fraser, National Capital Planning Commission; and Donald Myers, Commission of Fine Arts. They are viewing a model of the city's central area as it was in 1900.

Subject

• Washburn, Wilcomb E
• Perrot, Paul N 1926-2023
• Bicentennial of the American Revolution

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," March 1976

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: March 1976

Contact information

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

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Federal City: Plans and Realities, The (Exhibition)
• Widener, John
• Myers, Donald
• Models (representations)
• Fraser, Samuel
• Exhibitions
• Conrad, Charles
• Office of American Studies
• Singleton, John
• Atherton, Charles
• Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

76-2525-18

Physical description

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

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