Description: Donation of Betty Ford dress to collection of First Ladies gowns at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, with Frankie Welch, fashion designer, First Lady Betty Ford, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, 76-7870-11A.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="The cast of the television sitcom "All in the Family" came to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, to donate Archie and Edith Bunker's chairs to the "A Nation of Nations" exhibit in September of 1978, (L-R): Jean Stapleton, Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley greet Queen Elizabeth II outside the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) or "Castle," July 8, 1976, during her visit to the United States to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, 1976, by James Wallace, Black and white photographic
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with Mexican Ambassador Jose Juan de Olloqui with the celebrated Chac-Mool from Chichen-Itzaon which is a classic example of Maya-Toltec sculpture, November 18, 1976, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="On Coiba Island, Panama, a convict of the penal colony there, carries on his shoulder 5 drinking coconuts or "pipas" to take to Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore and colleagues who were on the island, February 2, 1956, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Ten men are carrying a cayuco ("dug-out canoe") to the water in María, Coiba Island, Panama, The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to Coiba to study birds the birds of Panama, January 24, 1956, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) shows the Beatles' Rolls-Royce to Caron Carter, 11 July 1978, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder August 1978, Negative Number: 94-8341."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Queen Elizabeth II and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley viewing the Hope Diamond, on July 8, 1976, by James Wallace, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder August 1976, Negative Number: 76-8514-25A."][/caption]
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="Astrophysicist and fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1928-1944) Charles Greeley Abbot sitting in a chair with printouts of solar observations connected to a Oatmeal container, c. 1960s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder 2,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305" caption="During his years at Albany Academy and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1846 to 1878, designed the most powerful electromagnets of his day, 1978, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
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