Results for "American Picture Palaces (Motion picture : 1983)"
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/1/2010
- Date: April 1, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Members of the Sowerby-Clark China Expedition pose for a picture, Pictured are (Right to Left) Captain H.E.M. Douglas, George A.Grant, Nathaniel H. Cobb, Robert Sterling Clark, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, 1908, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Box 13, Folder 13,
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Pardon our temporary departure . . .
- Date: March 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="Honeywell, El Segundo, Calif., from the Los Angeles Documentary Project 1980 Susan Ressler, 1949, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts through the Photography Museum of Los Angeles, 1990.38.93."][/caption] This is just a head's up to let our
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/17/2011
- Date: February 17, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="James 'Jim' Mello, Assistant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, sitting at a demonstration loom in the National Museum of American History's Textiles Hall, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Negative Number:
- 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: 6/21/2010
- Date: June 21, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption=""Tucker," a two day old orangutan, cradled in the arms of his mother "Pensi" at the National Zoological Park, c. 1983, by Jessie Cohen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: May 1983, Negative Number: 95-249."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 10/19/2010
- Date: October 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Visitors to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) Military History Hall, costumed in Revolutionary attire for the Treaty of Paris Bicentennial celebration held on the grounds around the Washington Monument, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
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We Have New Tags!
- Date: March 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Summer Youth Employment Program, July 1964, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No.: AC0618.004.0001801."][/caption] You may have noticed that we have sorted out our tags
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/6/2010
- Date: January 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Launching of Malcolm Forbes hot-air balloon on March 31, 1983 on the National Mall. Forbes offered his balloon, a replica of the Forbes chateau in France, for ceremonies dedicating the Postal Service's stamp commemorating 200 years of hot-air ballooning, by Richard K.
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We Apologize For This Interruption in Service . . .
- Date: November 20, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Pat Tilko Connects the World to the Smithsonian, 1994, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder July 1994, Negative Number: 94-6139-17A."][/caption] We just wanted to give our readers a head’s up that this weekend, there will be disruptions on the servers across
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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: 11/8/2010
- Date: November 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="Smithsonian's pilot aluminum-can recycling program started early in February 1990. Forty-four containers like the one pictured were placed at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Air and Space Museum, and the Museum Support Center, 1989, by Jeff Tinsley,
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See Here: 4/19/2011
- Date: April 19, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="335" caption="Sophie Lutterlough, hired in 1943 as the Smithsonian’s first female elevator operator, sits in front of a microscope in the Department of Entomology, For 14 years Lutterlough ran the elevators, but moved on to a second career after asking Dr. J. F. Gates Clarke if there were any openings in his department, and being hired