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Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1955
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Similar photos exist in the Smithsonian Year 1955, pp. 7-9.
Summary:
The First Ladies Exhibit is reinstalled in the West North Range of the Arts and Industries Building on May 24, 1955, showing figures removed from glass exhibit cases and placed in diorama-like period decorated rooms. View of hall shows chandelier installed and a floor plan for visitors in the foreground.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 17
