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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Festival of American Folklife  Search this
Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Mississippi
Date:
1974
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
There are few different photographs of this in RU613 Box 269 Folder SDR Photos. From the Office of the Secretary files for FY 1974 Box 22 Folder SDR Photos.
Summary:
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley at the 1974 Festival of American Folklife riding a scooter. Ripley is in the Mississippi section of the festival with the quarter-acre cotton field planted for the festival, background. Farther in the background the Washington Monument is visible.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 613 Box 269 Folder SDR Photos
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
Cotton  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Folk festivals  Search this
Cotton fields  Search this
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Standard number:
74-6461-7
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10684