Description: Snow—not just found in the Archives this season! After a seemingly mild winter, the East Coast is bracing for some serious snowfall. While the Smithsonian shovels out, let’s take a look back at photos of historic Washington D.C. storms from our collection.
Description: Bird, William L., "A suggestion concerning James Smithson's concept of 'Increase and Diffussion,'" Technology and Culture XXXIV (No.2, April 1983): 246-55.Field, Cynthia R., Richard E. Stamm, and Heather P. Ewing. The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.Hellman, Geoffrey T. The Smithsonian: Octopus
Description: Group portrait of zookeepers in front of a crated bison on a horse-drawn wagon on road in front of the hospital building at the National Zoological Park, NZP-0532.