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Subject: Early History
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Showing results 1 - 12 of 36 for
History
Ornithologist Cataloging Specimens, Natural History Laboratory, in the Smithsonian Institution Building
Date:
1857
Creator
: Unknown
Creator
: Unknown
Alexander Dallas Bache Urges Joseph Henry to Become Smithsonian's First Secretary
Date:
December 4, 1846
Smithsonian Building, North Facade - Color Rendering
Date:
1848
Creator
: Renwick, James 1818-1895
Creator
: Renwick, James 1818-1895
Programme of Organization for the Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1847
Creator
: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Creator
: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Engraving of John Quincy Adams
Creator
: Unknown
Creator
: Unknown
Michael Faraday Supports Appointment of Joseph Henry as First Smithsonian Secretary
Date:
October 2, 1846
Joseph Henry First Mentioned as Candidate for Smithsonian Secretaryship
Date:
August 19, 1846
Second Exhibition of the Metropolitan Mechanics' Institute
Date:
1855
Creator
: Unknown
Creator
: Unknown
Benjamin Tappan
Date:
c. 1840s?
Creator
: Unknown
Creator
: Unknown
The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian
Date:
2007
Creator
: Ewing, Heather Peale
Creator
: Ewing, Heather Peale
Letter from Solomon G. Brown to S. F. Baird, September 6, 1862
Date:
September 6, 1862 Civil War, 1861-1865
Creator
: Brown, Solomon Galleon c. 1829-1906
Creator
: Brown, Solomon Galleon c. 1829-1906
South Facade, Smithsonian Institution Building
Date:
c. 1848
Creator
: Renwick, James 1818-1895
Creator
: Renwick, James 1818-1895
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