Results for "History"
Sneak Peek 11/6/2017
- Date: November 6, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Dr. Bruce B. Collette (NOAA) demonstrates to Edgar "Nat" Gramblin (NMNH), the removal of a flesh sample from a thirty year old skipjack tuna from Peru for determination of levels to total mercury and methyl mercury, 71-70-1.
Sneak Peek 12/23/2019
- Date: December 23, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Golden lion tamarin group at National Zoological Park, November 1983, by Jessie Cohen, SIA Acc. 16-065, SIA16-065_B31_F03_S05_05.
Sneak Peek 12/30/2019
- Date: December 30, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Orangutans at National Zoological Park, 1981-1982, by Jessie Cohen, SIA Acc. 16-065, SIA16-065_B12_F02_S01_002.
Sneak Peek 12/9/2019
- Date: December 9, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Alpaca and vicuña at National Zoological Park, circa 1910s, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B48_F10_001.
Sneak Peek 3/30/2020
- Date: March 30, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Young museum visitors with horse and carriage outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, SIA_000095_B67_F16_004.
Sneak Peek 3/9/2020
- Date: March 9, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Construction of Freer Gallery Art, November 1, 1916, with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B38A_F20_005.
Sneak Peek 4/13/2020
- Date: April 13, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A keeper feeds Asian elephants Hitam and Kechil in the octagonal elephant barn at the National Zoological Park.
Sneak Peek 4/16/2018
- Date: April 16, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Department of Geology exhibit featuring casts of the Peary meteorites and a cast of the Bacubirito meteorite at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-16397.
Sneak Peek 4/6/2020
- Date: April 6, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cyanotype, Riker Electric Mail Wagon vehicle for exhibition by Post Office Department at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, USNM No. 13751.
Sneak Peek 4/9/2018
- Date: April 9, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Group portrait of Fuegians at Otter Bay, Straits of Magellan, taken during circumnavigation of South America by United States Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross," 1888, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-4941.
Sneak Peek 7/2/18
- Date: July 2, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Defective taxidermy specimens, previously on exhibit in United States National Museum, circa 1890, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-5802.
Sneak Peek 8/19/2019
- Date: August 19, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cameras and photographic equipment for United States National Museum photography exhibition, circa 1913, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-21469.