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    		• Harding, Warren G.
     
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    		• Whistler, James McNeill,
     
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    		• Harding, Florence Kling
     
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    		• Freer Gallery of Art
     
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    		• Freer Gallery of Art.
     
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    Peacocks Find Home at Freer
     
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    Catalog: 
    Chronology of Smithsonian History
    Title: 
    Peacocks Find Home at Freer
    Date: 
    May 1, 1923
    Summary: 
    On May 1, 1923, the Freer Gallery of Art opened with a private viewing for President Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, the Smithsonian Regents and various cabinet members. In addition to the art exhibits, the courtyard became home to three peacocks. The peacocks, donated by the National Zoological Park, resemble the decorative images in James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room. The peacocks moved back to the Zoo in the winter for safekeeping and returned to the Freer in the spring. The peacocks remained fixtures in the Freer courtyard in the 1920s.
    Citation: 
    Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 298, Box 1, "Local Notes," 11/22/1923, p. 2.
    Annual Report for the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1923. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1925, p. 60.
    Richardson Brigham, Gertrude, "Freer Collection Viewed In Private," Washington Post, 05/2/1923, p. 8.
    "Sparrows Ruffle Dignity of Art Gallery Peacock," Washington Post, 08/22/1924, p. 3.
    Merrill, Linda. The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1998) p. 352.
    Year: 
    1923
    Subject: 
    Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
    Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
    Harding, Florence Kling
    National Zoological Park (U.S.)
    Freer Gallery of Art
    Freer Gallery of Art. Peacock Room
    United States. President (1921-1923 : Harding)
    Regents. Smithsonian Institution
    Peafowl
    Openings
    New Museums
    Birds
    Exhibitions
    Art, Asian
    Art, Oriental
    Art museums -- Washington (D.C.)
    Art
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    Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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