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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Eames, Charles  Search this
Eames, Ray  Search this
Nehru, Jawaharlal 1889-1964  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this
Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India (Exhibition) (Date: 1965-1966 Location: Museum of History and Technology)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.5 h x 10w; Type of Image: Event; Exibit; Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Event
Photographic print
Group, candid
Exhibit
Place:
India
Date:
October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
This traveling exhibition was circulated to five cities in 1965-1966 after Nehru died in 1964.
Summary:
View is of traveling exhibition designed by Charles and Ray Eames, titled "Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India," on display at the new Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, from October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966. A guide dressed in a sari stands beside a case holding musical instruments. A visitor on the right is looking at an exhibit. Two people sit on a bench.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 14, Folder: 7A
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Museum visitors  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Musical instruments  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Standard number:
X3805-A or MAH X3805-A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11789