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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Postal History  Search this
Postmaster General  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Event
Date:
1971
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in TORCH, Fall 1971. See also Neg. #94-1522 for picture of same event.
Summary:
Then Postmaster General Winton M. Blount hand-canceling a letter for Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley at the opening of the reconstructed General Store/Post Office in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: Fall 1971
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Blount, Winton M  Search this
Post Office (NMAH)  Search this
Division of Philately and Social History  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Event  Search this
Standard number:
71-1115-7 or 71-1115.07
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10223