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Southern City, National Ambition: Walk Thru Tours and Opening Reception

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Museum

Scope and Contents: Walk thru tours, led by Kym Rice, for the exhibition 'Southern City, National Ambition: The Growth of Washington, D.C., 1800-1860.' Tours were given to docents as part of their training. Steven Newsome and others spoke at the opening of the exhibition; speeches followed by a reception.; Exhibition Tour and Exhibition Opening. Related to exhibition 'Southern City, National Ambition: The Growth of Washington, D.C., 1800-1860.' Dated 19951014.

Date: 1995

Extent: 2 Video recordings (VHS)

Type: Archival materials; Video recordings

Topic: African Americans; Communities; Community development, Urban; Architecture; Museum exhibits

Place: Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Citation: Southern City, National Ambition: Walk Thru Tours and Opening Reception, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: ACMA.03-017, Item ACMA AV002211

Local Numbers: ACMA AV002212

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Southern city, national ambition: the growth of early Washington, D.C., 1800- 1860 exhibition records

Date

1995-10-15 - 1996-03-03

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Citation

Southern city, national ambition: the growth of early Washington, D.C., 1800- 1860 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Correspondence

Catalogs

Exhibition records

Brochures

Exhibit scripts

Topic

Museum exhibits

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Exhibitions

Identifier

ACMA.03-017