Hope Diamond Delivery
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
- Todd, James G
- Winston, Edna (Fleishmann)
- Winston, Ronald
- Summerfield, Arthur E (Arthur Ellsworth) 1899-1972
- United States Postal Service
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy
- National Collections
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Letter carrier James G. Todd presents to Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Smithsonian Secretary, the package containing the Hope Diamond delivered to the Natural History Building. Pictured from left to right are Mr. Ronald Winston, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, United States Postal Service letter carrier James G. Todd, Mrs. Edna Winston (wife of Harry Winston) and Dr. Leonard Carmichael.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder: 11
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- November 10, 1958
- Standard number
- SIA2010-0338 and MP-62A
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 9.5w x 7.63h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Hope diamond
- Gifts
- Gems
- Event
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12324
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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