Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12311,size=230,right]These records are amongst the most frequently used collections, and the most historically important records, in the Archives. US National Museum (USNM) incumbents included: Spencer F. Baird, 1850–1881G. Brown Goode, 1881–1896, including the years 1881–1887 when he served as Assistant Director of the Museum without the title of
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) tested fabrics for the War Department during World War II at the Miami Solar Station, Miami, Florida, c. 1940-1945, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 5, Negative Number: 38154-A."][/caption]