Results for "Nation of Nations (1976 : Smithsonian Institution)"
- Blog Post
Taking Care of Our Own
- Date: September 30, 2010
- Description: It was brilliant to work at the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) this past summer as a conservation intern helping to restore damaged books from SIA’s Reference Room. This primary research library includes many histories and annals published by the Smithsonian from the 1880s through the 20th century, and in the process of learning different ways to conserve some of them,
- Blog Post
See Here: 10/5/2010
- Date: October 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Waldo LaSalle Schmitt at the Cosmos Hotel, Punta Arenas, Chile, Schmitt, curator of Marine Invertebrates, United States National Museum, conducted extensive field work in South America, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7231 Box 83 Folder
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/14/2010
- Date: December 14, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="On a collecting trip to the White Sands, New Mexico, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), paleobiologist at the National Museum of Natural History, stands beside his car, used in the field, nicknamed the "Scarlet Harlot," 1973, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/25/2010
- Date: March 25, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="In search for the Permian brachiopods in the Glass Mountains of Texas, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper 1902-2000, paleobiologist at the National Museum of Natural History, stands beside his car, nicknamed the "Emerald Queen," used in the field, 1961, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/18/2011
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Aerial image of the National Museum of Natural History’s Rotunda shows the 10-ton Fénykövi Elephant in the center while visitors stroll around the museum floor, July 31, 1981, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder September 1981,
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/18/2010
- Date: May 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Workmen posing at the quarry in Bethel, Vermont, The Bethel quarry was one of three quarries where stone was obtained for the exterior walls of the new United States National Museum Building, now the Natural History Building, 1907, by Frank F. Graham, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 3A,
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/3/2011
- Date: June 3, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="338" caption="Patricia Nixon stands beside a mannequin dressed in her inauguration gown which has been placed in the exhibit of First Ladies Gowns at the National Museum of American History, c. early 1970s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 20, Folder 3, Negative
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/7/2010
- Date: July 7, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Civil Works Administration Project workers construct a trail to the Bird House in the National Zoological Park in March 1934, The Bird House appears in background, Depression era programs allowed the Zoo to build and renovate many facilities, 1934, by E. Hardy, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record,
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/1/2010
- Date: December 1, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Larry Hagman, from the television show "Dallas," presented Carl Scheele, Curator of National Museum of American History's Division of Community Life with his hat from the television show in the Cannon House Office Building caucus room, February 28, 1984, by Jeffrey Ploskonka, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/13/2010
- Date: December 13, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="Watson M. (Watson Mondell) Perrygo (1906-1984) sits at a table in the United States National Museum (USNM) Taxidermy Studio working on a bird specimen for exhibition, January 19,1933, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/22/2010
- Date: December 22, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="A fiberglass reconstruction of the jaws of an extinct 40-foot long shark, bearing one row of real fossil teeth in the front and several rows of plastic replica teeth behind, for National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Fossils: The History of Life," 1985, by Chip Clark, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/12/2010
- Date: February 12, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="397" caption="Apollo 11 astronauts (from left) Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldren reunited at the National Air and Space Museum for a filming session to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the July 1969 landing, 1989, by Richard Strauss, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder July