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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
May 3, 1968
Notes:
Also known as 65453.
Digital contact sheet available.
Summary:
Dedication ceremony for the opening of the National Collection of Fine Arts, now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in the sculpture court of the old Patent Office Building, with U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, and Mary Livingston Ripley.
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