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Ripley, Sidney Dillon,
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Secretaries
African Americans
Children
Dinosaurs
Exhibitions
Museum visitors
New Museums
Openings
Secretariats
Secretaries
Uncle Beazley
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S. Dillon Ripley & "Uncle Beazley"
Catalog:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Title:
S. Dillon Ripley & "Uncle Beazley"
Date:
September 15, 1967
Author/Creator:
Unknown
Contained In:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9538, Box 1: John Kinard Oral History Interview
Summary:
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) and unidentified children with "Uncle Beazley," the dinosaur (Triceratops) used in the film "The Enormous Egg," at the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum on September 15, 1967. Uncle Beazley was placed in the parking lot adjoining the Carver Theater, the site of the first Anacostia Museum. The museum, located at 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C, is now known as the Anacostia Community Museum. Uncle Beazley was later moved to the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History and then to the National Zoological Park.
Notes:
More information about the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum can be found in the Annual Report for 1968. A copy can also be found in Accession 97-003, Box 1.
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Physical_Description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Object; Event; Medium: Photographic print
Negative Number:
91-521 or 68-2589
Ordering Information:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu.
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91-521.tif, 300 dpi,
Subject:
Ripley, Sidney Dillon, 1913-2001
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Secretaries
African Americans
Children
Dinosaurs
Exhibitions
Museum visitors
New Museums
Openings
Secretariats
Secretaries
Uncle Beazley
Museums -- Washington (D.C.)
Theaters
Form/Genre:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Object
Event
Contact Information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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