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Object Loans : Smithsonian Institution's Affiliations Program : Loans to Affiliates

Loans to Affiliates


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Current Loans

Nevada



Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas

Loan Objects: 1950s first day covers


North Carolina

Railway Post Office car, interior
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North Carolina Transportation Museum

Loan Object: Railway Post Office car

 


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Past Loans to and from Museum Affiliates

California



Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona

Loan Objects: V-Mail (World War II era letters), mailbag and mailbox



Blackhawk Museum, Danville

Loan Objects: the exhibition, Posted Aboard The RMS Titanic

Loan Objects: stamp designs and drawings by Franklin D. Roosevelt



Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles

Loan Objects: letters from the Breed Collection for the National Postal Museum exhibit, Forwarding Address Required


Connecticut



Western Connecticut State University, Danbury

Loan Objects: commemorative stamps for an exhibit celebrating James Joyce

Louisiana



Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

Loan Objects: Napoleonic covers for "The Louisiana Purchase: Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon" exhibition

Missouri



Union Station Kansas City, Kansas City

Loan Objects: Benjamin Franklin painting by Lloyd Branson

Nebraska



Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha

Loan Objects: Nautilus handstamp and cover, Cliff Claven's uniform from the TV show Cheers, postal vehicle and miscelleneous postal history objects

New York

Loizeaux's graver (engraving tool), accession number 1980.0409.1
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Museum of American Financial History,
New York City

Loan Objects: engraving tools used by Elie Timothee Loizeaux, American Bank Note Company engraver

North Carolina



North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Loan Objects: objects related to Oscar Scott Woody, postal worker aboard the RMS Titanic, for "Titanic: the Artifact" exhibition

Ohio

Highway Post Office bus, accession number 315456.1
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Crawford Museum of Transportation and Industry,
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland

Loan Objects: Highway Post Office Bus No. 1

Texas

USS Oklahoma handstamp, accession number 1992.2002.369
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The Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture, San Antonio

Loan Objects: USS Oklahoma handstamp plus several other objects

 

Amelia Earhart's flight suit, accession number 279483.1
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Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, Dallas

Loan Objects:
1) Amelia Earhart's flight suit,
2) Airmail covers signed by Amelia Earhart


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