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Solomon Brown, First African American
Employee at the Smithsonian

Mary Henry
Diaries,
Eyewitness to the Civil War

William H. Dall, Alaskan Explorer

The Wright Brothers,
Pioneers in Aviation

Robert H.
Goddard,
American Rocket Pioneer

James Smithson, Founder of the Smithsonian

James Renwick, Jr., Architect of
the Smithsonian
Building

William Temple Hornaday
Saving America's Bison

Wilson A. Bentley
Pioneering
Photographer
of Snowflakes

Primary Source Document
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A balloon view of Washington, D.C., 1861. The Smithsonian Institution Building can be seen at the top center, right below the river. The United States Capitol building can be seen at the bottom left, with its dome under construction.
	The Smithsonian Institution Building, left, from downtown Washington, D.C., around 1855. In the foreground is construction materials for the Treasury Building which added a new wing in 1855.
The north façade of the Smithsonian Institution Building showing the Mall covered with flowers and visitors on the grounds, c. 1864.
	View of the United States Capitol building from the top of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the early 1860s. The dome of the Capitol is under construction.
The Smithsonian Institution Building from the West, c. 1863. The dirt path across the grass leads to towards the North Entrance of the building. In the background the United States Capitol building can be seen with its dome under construction.
	View from the North Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building looking west towards the Potomac River and Virginia, around 1867.

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