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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exterior
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1967
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
See also negative #92-1790 for a different view.
Summary:
Marquee of the former Carver Theater advertising the Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The Museum opened in the converted theater in September 1967 and remained at this location until April 1987, when it moved to its present location, 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C. The museum is now known as the Anacostia Community Museum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 5A and Record Unit 9538, Box 1, John R. Kinard Oral History Interviews
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Carver Theater  Search this
Museum buildings  Search this
Theaters  Search this
Museums  Search this
New Museums  Search this
Standard number:
90-13510
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10751