Star-Spangled Banner in A&I

ID: SIA2010-2708 or 11115 or MAH-11115

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1928

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder: 3

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Summary

Exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner, acquired on loan in 1907, and exhibited in the middle of the west wall of the North Hall in the Arts and Industries Building beginning in 1914. Photo dates to after 1927, when the Spirit of St. Louis, a corner of which is visible in upper right, was hung in the North Hall. Military regalia is exhibited in cases in the foreground.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)
  • Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

USNM R 1908, p. 14; USNM R. 1914, p. 18

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder: 3

Contact information

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

Date

1928

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Military paraphernalia
  • North Hall
  • Exhibitions
  • Interiors
  • Museums
  • Flags
  • National Collections
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Arts and Industries Building--North Hall
  • Museum visitors

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2010-2708 or 11115 or MAH-11115

Physical description

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

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