Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation

Summary

Presentation of the bust of Alexander Graham Bell by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on December 9, 1926. Front Row (l-r): Senator George W. Pepper, Vice President Charles G. Dawes, Chief Justice William H. Taft, Senator Reed Smoot, Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, Hon. Henry White, Back Row (l-r): Rep. Walter H. Newton, Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin, Rep. Albert Johnson, Rep. R. Walton Moore, Mr. Robert S. Brookings, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Charles D. Walcott, Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor (daughter of Dr. Bell); Mr. Walter S. Gifford (President of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.), Mr. Victor Salvatore (Sculptor), Mr. Frederick A. Delano, Mr. Dwight W. Morrow, Mr. Charles F. Choate, Jr., Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor.

Subject

• Dawes, Charles Gates 1865-1951
• Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930
• Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
• Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
• Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room
• Board of Regents
• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

See also Neg. # 17177-a for a similar photograph, but with fewer people.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder 16

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1926

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Telegraph
• Memorials
• Grosvenor, Mrs. Gilbert H
• Sculpture
• Telephone
• Secretaries
• Gifford, Walter S

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group

ID Number

82-3348

Physical description

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

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