Results for "Brochures"
Documenting the Opening of a Museum
- Date: September 27, 2016
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look at how documenting the opening of a museum has changed in the age of social media.
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Can Buildings Stack Up to the Images Made of Them?
- Date: November 18, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3043" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photograph of the Ames Monument, Wyoming, courtesy Phil Patton."][/caption] Looking at an illustrated real estate listing or brochure, have you ever been mesmerized by a wide angle and luxurious photograph of what you suspect is, in fact, a tiny studio apartment? Have you ever had the experience where all
The Nation's Refrigerator
- Date: May 15, 2012
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Children's art is put on exhibit throughout the country through the help of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
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Most Likely to be Succeeded
- Date: May 19, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Posing with a yearbook picture of myself, by Billy Mabray, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] I’m a fan of yearbooks. I was an editor of mine in college, a somewhat unusual, multi-volume, and boxed object that included two books, a booklet, a brochure, and (it being the late sixties) a balloon. Back then, we
Design + Archives: One Smithsonian
- Date: February 1, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A discussion of the 1998 Smithsonian Visual Identity Program in the context of the Smithsonian's 2017 strategic plan.
Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning
- Date: June 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.
Design + Archives: Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: February 21, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Celebrating 50 years in 2017, the Anacostia Community Museum opened on September 15, 1967.
Uta C. Merzbach: Smithsonian's First Curator of Mathematical Instruments
- Date: March 22, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Uta C. Merzbach was the Smithsonian's first curator of mathematical instruments. She brought her field to life with unique presentations of mathematical concepts and computer history.
Bunch of Boxes
- Date: February 3, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In 2016 Lonnie G. Bunch donated his personal papers to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and spans the breath of Bunch's career from being an Education Specialist at the National Air and Space Museum to being Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Technology Throwback Thursday: Snail Mail and Word Processors
- Date: July 10, 2014
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A brief look at the evolution of public inquiries at the Smithsonian.
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This Side of Paradise
- Date: July 31, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Group of Young Women in Costume During Arrival Reception For Tourists Near Plane at Airport, by Gerald James Holton, 1968, National Museum of Natural History, National Anthropological Archives."][/caption] I came across these photos of tourists on Easter Island on our site and their presence has kind of baffled me.
Link Love: 7/8/2016
- Date: July 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.