President Reagan Awarding Dr. Maurice Hilleman the National Medal of Science

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Description (Brief):

A photograph documenting President Ronald Reagan awarding the National Medal of Science to Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1988. The image in photograph 2017.3081.10 is only slightly different to that in 2017.3081.09, perhaps taken moments apart. This photograph bears no inscription.

Date Made: 1988

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Credit Line: Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2017.3081.10Catalog Number: 2017.3081.10Nonaccession Number: 2017.3081

Object Name: photograph, commemorative, vaccine development

Measurements: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in; 21.59 cm x 28.2575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-d739-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1877039

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