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Author:
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Subject:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 6.9w x 4.9h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
Type:
Postcard
Paper
Date:
2001
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was created on November 18, 1989, when President George H.W. Bush signed an act allowing the transfer of the Museum of the American Indian into the Smithsonian to create NMAI.
Summary:
Color postcard to RSVP to the invitation to an opening reception on Thursday: April 5, 2001 for several exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI): "Newborn Ancestors: The Art and Articles of Plains Indian Children," "Gifts of Pride and Love: Kiowa and Comanche Cradles," and "Seth Eastman Watercolors: A Soldier Artist Among the Dakota." The left side of the card has an image of a baby carrier, and the right side has RSVP options. The postcard is unused, and the address side was pre-addressed to NMAI.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 08-089, Box 3, Folder: Kiowa Cradles/Newborn
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Postcard  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Kiowa Indians  Search this
Artists  Search this
Special events  Search this
Special events--Marketing  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2013-07878 (front) and SIA2013-07879 (back)
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14010