Queen Elizabeth Visits the Smithsonian

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Summary

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley greet Queen Elizabeth II outside the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) or "Castle," July 8, 1976, during her visit to the United States to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

Subject

  • Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain 1926-
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Rockefeller, Nelson A (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States. Office of the Vice President

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, August 1976

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 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

  • Queens
  • Secretariats
  • Celebrities and Dignitaries
  • Secretaries
  • Royal Visitors
  • Royal Visitors--Great Britain
  • Event

Place

Great Britain

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

76-8513-2A or 76-8513.2A

Physical description

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

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