NASM Opening Day Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

ID: 76-13966-12A

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31, Folder: 21A

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Summary

President Gerald Ford, former astronaut and NASM Director Michael Collins, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with satellite ribbon-cutting apparatus on July 1, 1976, are ready for the opening day ribbon-cutting ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM).

Subject

  • Collins, Michael 1930-
  • Ford, Gerald R. 7/14/1913-12/26/2006
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • United States President

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See also negative number SIA2009-0986/76-8408-15

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31, Folder: 21A

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

  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Museum buildings
  • Secretariats
  • Openings
  • Secretaries
  • New Museums
  • Museums
  • Astronautics
  • Presidents
  • Astronauts
  • Ceremonies
  • Museum directors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

76-13966-12A

Physical description

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

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