Results for "France"
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71-2978
- Document
71-2979
- 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.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 6/3/2011
- Date: June 3, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Waistcoat, France, 1790, Silk embroidery on silk plain weave, linen back, 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.), Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf, Photo: Steve Tague, Courtesy of the Cooper-Hewitt
- Document
SIA2008-2455 or 95-3573-2 or 95-3573-02
- Webpage
Who Was James Smithson?
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Description: James Smithson: The Man Behind the InstitutionWhile the institution named after James Smithson enjoys worldwide renown, we know little about the man who left $508,318 to the people of the United States to found such an institution.An English scientist who conducted research in chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, Smithson lived and traveled in several European countries. His
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71-2975
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71-2977
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95-3573-06
Keeping in Touch
- Date: January 10, 2012
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: Frances Escherich commuting with Secretary Abbot through Rock Creek Park to the Smithsonian.
- Field Book
Thomas R. Soderstrom, 1970, Aug 28 - Oct 4, Indonesia - Europe, book 2 of 2
- Date: 1970 19700828 19701004
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 00-054, Lundeberg, Philip K, Philip K. Lundeberg Papers, 1963-1998
- Date: 1963 1963-1998
- Creator: Lundeberg, Philip K.
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives