Results for "Hope diamond"
- Document
| Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/22/2011
- Date: July 22, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="The package containing the Hope Diamond is presented to Smithsonian Secretary Dr. Leonard Carmichael, The donor, Harry Winston, shipped the diamond through the regular United States Postal Service via first-class mail; the postage cost him $2.44, plus $142.85 for $1 million dollars worth of insurance, November 10, 1958,
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/25/2010
- Date: August 25, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Mrs. Edna Winston, wife of Harry Winston, presenting the Hope Diamond to Secretary Leonard Carmichael and Curator George Switzer on November 10, 1958, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 11, Negative Number: SIA2008-2293."][/caption]
- SI History Bibliography
A Pictorial Treasury of the Smithsonian Institution
- Date: 1966
- Creator: Widder, Robert B
- Creator: Widder, Robert B
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 15-216, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records, 2015
- Date: 2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Catherine the Great Portrait, Hillwood
- Date: Early 19th century
- Creator: Levitsky, Dimitry Grigorevich 1735-1822
- Creator: Levitsky, Dimitry Grigorevich 1735-1822
- Historic Pictures
National Postal Museum
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: The National Postal Museum was established in 1990 under an agreement between the Smithsonian and US Postal Service to preserve and display the National Philatelic Collection, formerly part of the National Museum of American History. The Postal Museum moved to the Washington City Post Office Building on Capitol Hill in 1993. History of the National Postal MuseumAdditional
- SI History Bibliography
The Smithsonian, Magnet on the Mall
- Date: June, 1960
- Creator: Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
- Creator: Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
- Document
Smithsonian in Popular Culture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
When Queen Elizabeth II Visited America's Castle
- Date: July 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Forty years ago tomorrow, July 8th, 1976, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Smithsonian as part of her Bicentennial visit to the U.S. She was welcomed by Smithsonian Secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, Chief Justice Warren Burger, Chancellor of the Smithsonian, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and public well-wishers while a group of costumed musicians played flourishes and fanfares
Retirement of Helena Weiss
- Date: December 30, 1971
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
