Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston  Search this

Nagako Empress, consort of Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1903-  Search this

Stern, Harold P  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Natural History Building  Search this

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Event

Place:

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Japan

Date:

1975

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Featured in TORCH, November 1975

Summary:

The Empress Nagako escorted on a tour of the Freer Galley of Art (FGA) by Dr. Harold P. Stern and Mrs. Ripley October 2, 1975. The Empress is being greeted in the center of the photograph in front of a limousine, before approaching the stairs to the Freer Gallery of Art. A carpet has been rolled-out for The Empress. On the right-hand side of the photograph is a crowd of people. In the background, the vine-covered Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), or "Castle," the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in the Natural History Building (NHB) across the tree-covered mall and numerous cars and visitors are visible.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Celebrities  Search this

Dignitaries  Search this

Royal visitors--Japan  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Museum visitors  Search this

Event  Search this

Standard number:

75-12047-6 or 75-12047.6

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8496