Workers with buckets of resin for turpentine distillation, 1880s, unidentified location.

Buffalo group collected on William Temple Hornaday expedition in Buffalo Butte, Montana, 1886. The specimens were later mounted for exhibition in the United States National Museum.

Nile hippopotamuses and baby at National Zoological Park, February 1973, by Francine Schroeder.

We highlight a few topics explored this spring 2018 by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Unloading of boiler and engine of 19th century paddle wheel excursion steamer “Lucius Newberry,” at the Silver Hill Facility, April 18, 1984. The boat was recovered from Geneva Lake in Wisconsin in 1982.

Three recently digitized manuscripts from one National Zoo employee, provides some new behind-the-scenes insights.