46 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 
In addition to the regularly scheduled temporary exhibitions listed 
below, the Community Chests of America and the Louisiana State 
Society of Washington held special showings of paintings of timely 
interest in the lobby of the Natural History Building for short periods. 
The Federal Security Agency was assisted in a Memorial Day exhibi- 
tion of paintings by Leslie E. Lane under the sponsorship of the 
American Legion. 
August 7 through 29, 1948.—Exhibition of 94 portraits of Soldiers 
of Two World Wars, by Joseph Cummings Chase. 
November 7 through 28, 1948.—The Eleventh Metropolitan State 
Art Contest, held under the auspices of the District of Columbia 
Chapter, American Artist’s Professional League assisted by the Entre 
Nous Club, consisting of 327 specimens of paintings, sculpture, prints, 
ceramics, and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 
January 12 through 30, 1949.—Exhibition of Polish Manual Arts, 
held under the patronage of His Excellency Jozef Winiewicz, Ambas- 
sador of Poland to the United States, and the auspices of The Ameri- 
can Federation of Arts, consisting of 131 pieces of tapestries, paintings 
on glass, and folk sculpture. A catalog was privately printed. 
February 6 through 27, 1949.—The Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of 
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, 
D. C., consisting of 155 examples. A catalog was privately printed. 
April 7 through 27, 1949.—The Twenty-fifth Annual Hoosier Salon 
held under the sponsorship of the Indiana State Society of Washing- 
ton, consisting of 196 paintings, prints, and sculpture. <A catalog was 
privately printed. 
May 8 through 80, 1949.—The Fifty-third Annual Exhibition of the 
Washington Water Color Club, consisting of 135 paintings and prints. 
A catalog was privately printed. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Tuomas M. Braas, Director. 
Dr. A. WeTmore®, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
