Aerial Photograph of the National Mall on August 10, 1996
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- An aerial photograph of the National Mall on August 10, 1996. The Mall is packed with people for the Birthday Party on the Mall celebration of the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary. The Smithsonian Institution Building is on the left with the crowd gathered around the stage set up in front of the building for the concert, which was later followed by fireworks.
- 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
- 96-25402-24 or 96-25402.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Landscape
- Group, candid
- Aerial
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Aerial; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- United States of America, District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest, National Mall
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party
- Sesquicentennial of the Smithsonian Institution (Event)
- Anniversaries
- Aerial photographs
- Photography, Aerial
- Event
- Concerts
- Crowds
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10438
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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