Secretary Ripley and King of Bhutan

ID: 92-1660 or 84-8125

Creator: Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1968

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: November 1968 and Accession 97-003 Box 1 Folder 4

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Summary

Ornithologist and eighth Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) describing the size of a rare bird to his Majesty, the King of Bhutan, while on a visit to that country in September of 1968.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, November 1968; Digital image is backwards.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: November 1968 and Accession 97-003 Box 1 Folder 4

Contact information

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

Date

1968

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Birds
  • Dignitaries
  • Kings and rulers
  • Ornithology

Place

Bhutan

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

92-1660 or 84-8125

Physical description

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

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