Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Featured in TORCH, August 1976

Summary

Queen Elizabeth II and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley viewing the Hope Diamond, on July 8, 1976.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder August 1976

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic

Secretaries

Hope diamond

Celebrities and Dignitaries

Secretariats

Royal visitors

Gems

Mineralogy

Event

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Author

Wallace, James

Subject

Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain 1926-

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Hall of Gems

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

1976

Type

Photographic print

Standard number

76-8514-25A