Nobel Prize banquet, 1964

Object summary

Title: Nobel Prize banquet, 1964
Object ID: GCP-00024498
Date made: 1964-12
Place made: Norway, Oslo, Oslo
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Attendees stand to toast at the Nobel Prize banquet. Pictured among others are King Adolf VI Gustaf of Sweden, Charles H. Townes, Dorothy Hodkin, and Konrad Bloch.

Original caption: "Banquet at Town Hall after the Presentation Ceremony facing camera left to right: Mrs. Erlander (wife of Prime Minister) Dorothy Dedgkin (winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry), King Gustav VI Adolph, Mrs. Townes. Back to camera: Queen Louise and Dr. Konrad Block (winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine)."