Results for "Architecture"
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/9/2011
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="A narrow section, done in wood, of the of south front of new National Museum building, the Natural History Building, erected by the superintendent of construction, The Old Post Office is in the background on the left, 1904, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder 4,
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/28/2011
- Date: April 28, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Photograph of the west court, looking toward the south pavilion and rotunda, and showing the projection of one of the stair towers of the U.S. National Museum Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1913, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/29/2010
- Date: April 29, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="The Art Room in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building, created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley. The furnishings were specially designed by Hornblower and Marshall. Encircling the room was a plaster copy of the Parthenon frieze and carbon photographs by Adolphe Braun of Old Master portraits and
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/6/2011
- Date: April 6, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), North Entrance Lobby (Foyer), looking west, soon after the building was completed, c. 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder 1,
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/8/2011
- Date: April 8, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="374" caption="A reproduction of the facade of a 19th century instrument shop of Benjamin Pike of New York City in the Hall of Physical Sciences, The exhibit opened in March 1966 in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print,
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/11/2010
- Date: May 11, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/13/2010
- Date: May 13, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Looking south from the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street, the silhouette of the Smithsonian Institution Building is seen in the distance, Above the first building to the right of 11th Street, the sign reads "Latimer & Cleary Auction and Commission Merchants", the next building has a sign "Star Buildings," and
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/31/2010
- Date: May 31, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="South facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the Castle, after completion, is dominated by a massive, square battlemented central tower with an attached octagonal stair tower rising well above it, Constructed in red sandstone quarried in Seneca, Maryland, the building was unique not only in style but in
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/8/2010
- Date: July 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption=""Japan: Design Today" exhibition organized by the Japan Design House, the Walker Art Center and the Smithsonian Institution, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, seen here as installed at the Walker Art Center, November 1960, by Robert Wilcox, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 9/24/2010
- Date: September 24, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="280" caption="The stairs leading to the south entrance of the National Museum of Natural History after a snow storm with a small path cleared through the snow, c. 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 133, Folder: NHB Undated, Negative Number: 26870-B."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/1/2010
- Date: November 1, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="View of the newly completed Baird Auditorium, looking towards the stage, in the new National Museum Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 33 Folder 27; Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 1,
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/13/2009
- Date: November 13, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353" caption="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Equipment Outside Smithsonian Institution Building, 1931, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005 Box 187 Folder 12 and Record Unit 95 Box 52 Folder 14, Negative Number:9772-A."][/caption]