Results for "American Diplomatic Questions (Monograph : 1901)"
The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Astronomers Often Go Awry: The 1901 Sumatra Eclipse Expedition
- Date: August 17, 2017
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Astronomers travel far and wide to see solar eclipses but sometimes their best laid plans don’t work out..
Sneak Peek 10/21/2019
- Date: October 21, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cyanotype, Department of Agriculture exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 13790.
Sneak Peek 11/11/2019
- Date: November 11, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cyanotype, Camp F.L. Guenther, U.S. Coast Artillery at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 13763.
Sneak Peek 4/6/2020
- Date: April 6, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cyanotype, Riker Electric Mail Wagon vehicle for exhibition by Post Office Department at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, USNM No. 13751.
Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History
- Date: November 8, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.
Sneak Peek 6/24/2013
- Date: June 24, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: War Department Ordnance Exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901.
International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part II
- Date: June 15, 2017
- Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.
Sneak Peek 6/17/2013
- Date: June 17, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Two employees of the Government Board in an office at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901.
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The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific
Sneak Peek 12/7/2015
- Date: December 7, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Group portrait of Government Board Employees at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, MAH-13916.
Re-Prized
- Date: December 9, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.
Serendipity and Unexpected Connections
- Date: April 23, 2020
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”