Blog Posts Sneak Peek 11/25/2019 November 25, 2019 by Marguerite Roby Stereograph of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875), known as the "Father of the U.S. Weather Service," examining a fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin in 1871, by Hugo Broich. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.