Jul
18

Blast from the past

In the good old summertime. S. Dillon Ripley, eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, riding the carousel in front of the Arts and Industries Building in 1977. Ripley had the carousel installed on the National Mall in 1967. (Photographer unknown)

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Posted: 18 July 2011
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.