Gachalá Emerald at National Museum of Natural History ; Reception for Daniel J. Boorstin at National Museum of History and Technology

ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1569]

Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1969

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 14, Image No. OPA-1569

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Summary

Unidentified staff member with 858 carat Gachalá emerald, donated to the National Museum of Natural History by jeweler Harry Winston, October 9, 1969. ; Reception for Daniel J. Boorstin, director of the National Museum of History and Technology, with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, October 1, 1969.

Subject

  • Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
  • Boorstin, Daniel J (Daniel Joseph) 1914-2004
  • National Museum of History and Technology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

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Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 14, Image No. OPA-1569

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1969
  • October 1-9, 1969

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Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1569]

Physical description

35mm;

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