Star-Spangled Banner in A&I
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- Arts and Industries Building
- Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)
- Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- USNM R 1908, p. 14; USNM R. 1914, p. 18
- 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.
- 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
- 1928
- Standard number
- SIA2010-2708 or 11115 or MAH-11115
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Interiors
- Arts and Industries Building--North Hall
- National Collections
- Museum visitors
- Flags
- Exhibitions
- Airplanes
- Military paraphernalia
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9294
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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