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Today in Smithsonian History: July 24, 1991

William Truettner, Curator of 18th and 19th Century Painting and Sculpture at the National Museum of American Art, now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and President Ronald Reagan. (Photo by Kim Nielsen, as featured in the Torch, September 1981)

William Truettner, Curator of 18th and 19th Century Painting and Sculpture at the National Museum of American Art, now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and President Ronald Reagan. (Photo by Kim Nielsen, as featured in the Torch, September 1981)

July 24, 1991 President Ronald Reagan visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum to view the exhibition, George Catlin: The Artist and the American Indian. He is greeted by John Jameson, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Harry Lowe, acting director, and curator William Truettner.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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