Press Conference about Rare Red Diamond

ID: 88-1170-18

Creator: Penland, Dane A

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1987

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder March 1988

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Summary

John White, curator-in-charge of the National Museum of Natural History's Mineral Sciences Department, at a press conference for a rare red diamond, on February 2, 1987. The diamond was newly acquired by the museum through a bequest of S. Sydney DeYoung.

Subject

  • White, John
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, March 1988

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder March 1988

Contact information

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

Date

1987

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Gems
  • Diamonds
  • Gifts
  • Museums
  • Minerals
  • United States National Museum
  • Museum curators
  • Event

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

88-1170-18

Physical description

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

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