Description: Attendees of "Salute II" at the Veterans Day weekend dedication of The Three Soldiers Statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Washington, DC National Mall, Image Number: 84-18201-23A.
Description: Giant panda with snowman at National Zoological Park (NZP), February 1979, by Ilene Berg, Color slide, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. No. 11-009, Image Number: 79-4113.
Description: Presentation of camera to first Earl of Snowdon, by NZP Director Theodore Reed, upon his visit to the Bird House at the National Zoological Park (NZP), OPA-781-D.
Description: Keeper C.W. Lewis with Indian elephant "Dunk" wading in a pool in the yard outside the Elephant House at the National Zoological Park, NZP-0289.
Description: This post is the third in a series this month that honor the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925. We're highlighting a set of rare and newly digitized photographs from the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections, of witnesses at the trial, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. On Wednesday afternoon, July 15,
Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="The original Smokey Bear frolicking in a pool at the National Zoological Park. Smokey Bear was brought from New Mexico in June of 1950 after being burned as a cub from a forest fire that swept through a portion of the Lincoln National Forest, c. 1950s, by Francine Schroeder, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Annual Easter Egg Roll on Easter Monday at the National Zoological Park, At the top of the hill is the original 1891 Animal House (Lion House) designed by William R. Emerson. By the turn of the century the National Zoological Park had become a popular spot to spend Easter Monday, c. 1900s, by Unknown photographer,
Description: Dr. Brandon Fortune, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, organized the first two Outwin Boochever Portrait Competitions and researches women portraitists of the later nineteenth century. #Groundbreaker
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