Tennis Courts Behind SI Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1920
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder: 5
Loyal B. Aldrich of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1908-1955) and Astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot (Fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1928-1944) playing tennis behind the Smithsonian Institution Building, next to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, in the South Yard. The National Air Museum temporary metal building is in the background.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
There are several candids of Abbot and SAO staff playing tennis in this location.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder: 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1920
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15277-A or MAH-15277A
Color: Black and White; Size: 8.25w x 6.25h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print