Today in Smithsonian History: May 10, 1976
“1876: A Centennial Exhibition,” a recreation of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876, in the Arts and Industries Building opened May 10, 1976. This section displays industrial wares by such companies as Reed & Barton, Doulton & Co., and Meriden Britannia Co. (Photographer unknown)
May 10, 1976 The Arts and Industries Building is restored as closely as possible to its original appearance to house a recreation of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Among the notables present at the opening ceremonies for “1876: A Centennial Exhibition” are Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger, who arrive in the horse-drawn carriage that had carried President Ulysses S. Grant to the 1876 exposition in Philadelphia. The Centennial recreation is one of 23 special “Bicentennial of the American Revolution” exhibitions and projects at the Institution, known collectively as The American Experience. Another highlight is the exhibition “A Nation of Nations” in the National Museum of American History.
Smithsonian Chancellor and Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger and eighth Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, in a coach-and-four, at the opening of “1876: A Centennial Exhibition” in the Arts and Industries Building to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution on May 10, 1976. (Photo by Richard Hofmeister, as featured in the Torch, June 1976)
Smithsonian exhibit of anthropological and other artifacts in the United States Government Building at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition. (Photographer unknown, via Smithsonian Institution Archives)
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