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    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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    Restrictions: No restrictions
    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
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    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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