| flooglestreet | 16 Jun 2013 5:24 p.m. PST |
I visited the Smithsonian when I was in Washington, but I couldn't find the Dillinger exhibit. Has anybody seen it? Is it worth the effort? Where is it in the museum? How long is it? |
| Tommy20 | 16 Jun 2013 6:27 p.m. PST |
Was just at the American History museum last weekend, and about a third of the exhibit space was closed for renovation. A lot of the better known artifacts were crammed into a small temporary exhibit. Didn't see anything on Dillinger, though. |
| Phil Hall | 17 Jun 2013 8:42 a.m. PST |
It doesn't exist. It's an Urban Legend. The Smithsonian has denied numerous times that they have it or have a collection of famous men manly parts |
| flooglestreet | 17 Jun 2013 12:12 p.m. PST |
The Smithsonian is a staid and proper establishment. If they had it, they would not admit it. They don't admit it, therefore they have it. That sounds like Utter Drivel logic to me. |
| ancientsgamer | 17 Jun 2013 12:41 p.m. PST |
Actually, I thought I read years ago that the Dillinger car (the one full of holes) was NOT at the Smithsonian but elsewhere. Probably in a mid-West museum somewhere. This is isn't the type of thing the Smithsonian does by the way…. |
| capncarp | 23 Jun 2013 11:22 a.m. PST |
I remember when my elementary school toured the _old FBI building_, they had lots of souvenirs from various famous Most Wanted figures. We even got a firearms demo--a .38 Special and a .45 cal Tommy gun on auto. I don't specifically remember any Dillinger memorabilia, however. |
| John the Greater | 24 Jun 2013 6:26 a.m. PST |
Yes, the Dillinger exhibit is a legend. And don't even try to locate the car full of bullet holes, that was Bonney & Clyde. Dillinger was on foot when he was killed. As an aside, the FBI has a movie theater at their training town in Quantico (the town is called Hogan's Alley). The theater is called the Biograph and it is playing Manhattan Melodrama – a reference to Dillinger and his last shoot-out. |
 Bobgnar  | 09 Sep 2013 7:37 p.m. PST |
I was in DC a couple years ago and stopped at the FBI building too visit their museum. They said that everything has been moved to Quantico since 9/11. They don't want a lot of visitors hanging about in their building now. |
| Old Slow Trot | 10 Sep 2013 7:00 a.m. PST |
Although,they have used Dillinger's face on their firearms training targets. |
 Murphy  | 17 Sep 2013 5:04 a.m. PST |
I know where the Dillinger Car is… It's sitting on display right here in the Indianapolis Airport Terminal. I walk right by it every time I am on my way to get a rental, (weird huh?). Next time I'll get a pic of it and post it… And he's buried here in Indy at Crown Hill also… |
| John the Greater | 17 Sep 2013 7:51 a.m. PST |
I would like to see the picture. Of the car, that is. |
