Bicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of James Smithson 1965 Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
c. 1971
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The first Smithsonian flag was designed in 1955.
Summary:
Bureau flags were designed for all the Smithsonian bureaus for the celebration of the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. The thirteen individual banners were all similar except for the design of the canton in the upper left corner. All have a blue field with gold fringe on the upper, lower, and right sides. In the center is a gold sun burst with sixteen alternating straight and wavy rays representing the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." The canton for National Museum of Natural History is yellow featuring a dinosaur holding a plant leaf in its mouth.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder: 1
