Results for "Engineering -- History"
Sneak Peek 8/5/2019
- Date: August 5, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.
Sneak Peek 5/21/2018
- Date: May 21, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Unloading of boiler and engine of the 19th century paddle wheel excursion steamer “Lucius Newberry,” at the Silver Hill Facility, April 18, 1984. The boat was recovered from Geneva Lake in Wisconsin in 1982, SIA Acc. 11-009, 84-5118-06A.
Sweet Caroline
- Date: November 18, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The Kennedy Family presents their twin engine Convair CV-240, "Caroline" to the Smithsonian.
Sneak Peek 7/28/2014
- Date: July 28, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Unidentified man looks at the engine under the hood of an automobile on the side of a dirt road, circa 1910s.
Spotlight: Herman Henry Diebitsch and Josephine Diebitsch Peary
- Date: June 24, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: We’re taking a closer look at Smithsonian clerk Herman Henry Diebitsch and his daughter, Arctic explorer Josephine Diebitsch Peary.
Sneak Peek 12/5/2012
- Date: December 5, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A staff member tests a working exhibit of an automatic telephone exchange.