Object Details
- Author
- Hofmeister, Richard K
- Subject
- 150th Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Arts and Industries Building
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- United States Dept. of Energy James G. Forrestal Building
- Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- National Archives and Record Administration (NARA)
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- An aerial view of the National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums looking east towards the United States Capitol Building, August 10, 1996. The Mall is filled with people and tents for the Birthday Party on the Mall celebrating the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary. Buildings that can be seen in the photograph are the Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution Building, Arts and Industries Building, Hirshhorn Museum, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Gallery of Art, United States Capitol Building, National Archives and Records Administration, and the Department of Energy Forrestal Building.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-074, Box 1, Folder: Birthday Party on the Mall - Crowd shots and "Before and After" shots
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1996
- Standard number
- 96-25404-19 or 96-25404.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Landscape
- Aerial
- Physical description
- Color: Color; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Aerial; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party
- Sesquicentennial of the Smithsonian Institution (Event)
- Anniversaries
- Aerial photography
- Photography, Aerial
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10443
