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Author:
Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954  Search this
Subject:
Post, Wiley  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian  Search this
Smithsonian Gallery of Art  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Interior
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
February 19, 1936
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
See Negative Numbers 32291-B and 91-3702 for other images of the plane.
Summary:
Suspended from the ceiling in the Arts and Industries Building is the Winnie Mae, a special Lockheed Model 5C Vega flown by famed aviator Wiley Post. The plane completed two around-the-world record flights and a series of special high-altitude substratospheric research flights. Three men stand looking up at the plane. One is leaning on a exhibit table. Exhibit cases hold coins from the Numismatics Exhibit and paintings on the walls are from the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art. The image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes. (Section A)
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder: Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Scrapbook II, 1
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Museum visitors  Search this
Exhibit cases  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Winnie Mae (Airplane)  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Painting  Search this
Coins  Search this
Lockheed Model 5C Vega  Search this
Artifacts  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2011-0185 and 32307-9
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12700