Results for "Inventions"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 10-012, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Registrar, Incoming Loan Files, 1967-2001
- Date: 1967 1967-2001
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Destination: Niagara Falls
- Date: July 22, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Niagara Falls, by Platt D. Babbitt, 1854, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection"][/caption] One of the top U.S. tourist destinations, Niagara Falls has been photographed countless times since the invention of photography in
Depression-Era Pen Pals: A Correspondence Between Two Hard-Working Women
- Date: January 7, 2020
- Description: Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared experiences as working women in the Great Depression. Together, they helped improve a publication that does not bear their names: the Smithsonian Scientific Series.
- Webpage
Charles Greeley Abbot, 1872-1973
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Gone, But Not Forgotten
- Date: June 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1433" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="Outdated kodachrome '73, '79, '83, by Goodimages."][/caption] Recently, Kodak announced it was discontinuing production of Kodachrome products. Known for its vibrant color, Kodachrome, was a child of the Depression, a process invented by two musicians—violinist Leopold Godowski Jr. and pianist Leopold
- Blog Post
Link Love: 5/2/2014
- Date: May 2, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
- Blog Post
Going for a bike ride? Don’t forget the camera!
- Date: July 15, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Untitled, by Unidentified photographer, c. 1905, Smithsonian Institution Archives"][/caption] In keeping with our summer travel theme, I began to investigate some of the ways in which photographers were first able to travel with their cameras. To give a brief background, the invention of photography in 1839 coincided with
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- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-134, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Productions, 1979
- Date: 1979
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 2016-
- Date: 2016 2016-
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Arts and Industries Building
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudine Klose
- Date: July 20, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
- Webpage
Aeronautics
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.