Results for "American Association for State and Local History"
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/3/2011
- Date: March 3, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="253" caption="Edgar A. Mearns, an ornithologist, research associate, and honorary associate in zoology, with the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was one of three naturalists from the National Museum chosen go on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition with Theodore Roosevelt to
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/8/2010
- Date: March 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="301" caption="Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968), herpetologist in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History). Cochran was appointed an aid to Leonhard Stejneger in 1919, Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1942, and Curator in 1956. She retired in
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/1/2010
- Date: July 1, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="The Alexander Calder sculpture outside the western facade of the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, looking towards the Mall with the United States Department of Agriculture Building in the background, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print,
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/4/2011
- Date: July 4, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="369" caption="The Rotunda of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, decorated with American flag buntings hanging from the balconies, circa 1915, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 103, Folder: NHB Undated, Negative Number:
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/16/2010
- Date: March 16, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Dan Quayle, on the eve of becoming United States Vice President and Smithsonian's newest regent, addresses guests at the vice-presidential reception held the Flag Hall of the National Museum of American History, January 19, 1989, by Eric Long, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/4/2009
- Date: December 4, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Alfred Duane Pell Collection of Ceramics and Furniture on display in the National Gallery of Art (NGA), now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), at the United States National Museum (USNM) building, now known as the Natural History Building (NHB), c. 1930, by
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/22/2011
- Date: February 22, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A passenger pigeon Martha (named after Martha Washington), the last survivor of an American species that numbered in the millions prior to the 1880's, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, Her body was donated to the Smithsonian Institution and brought to the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/2/2010
- Date: November 2, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="George S. Switzer, Division of Mineral Sciences Chairman, 1963-1968; Associate Curator, 1948-1956, standing at left, with Durward Howes seated at desk, and Associate Curator Paul Desautels standing to the right. Mr. Howes is looking at a collection of Mississippi freshwater pearls that he donated to the Smithsonian, April
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/5/2010
- Date: July 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="George S. Switzer, first Chairman of the Department of Mineral Sciences, 1963-1968, and Associate Curator, 1948-1956, with some objects from the collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Date unknown, c. 1960s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/18/2010
- Date: June 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Janet Solinger, Director of the Resident Associates Program (RAP), outside the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), also known as the "Castle," 1983, by Nora Kengle, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: January 1983, Negative Number: 2002-32291."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/30/2010
- Date: August 30, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="Theodore H. Reed, Secretary Leonard Carmichael and Assistant Secretary James C. Bradley at a meeting of the Anteater's Association, National Zoological Park, c. 1950s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9568, Box 1, Negative Number: 84-13887."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/22/2010
- Date: June 22, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), Smithsonian Secretary (1964-1984), Mrs. Mary Livingston Ripley (d. 1996) and their partners dance a waltz at the National Associates Program's Contributing Membership ball, 1984, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder