Results for "National Museum of American History (U.S.). Computer Services Center"
- Blog Post
The National Park that Never Was
- Date: August 25, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.
Camping Out, Smithsonian-Style
- Date: June 10, 2021
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: See how Smithsonian scientists have always been willing to do what is needed to further their research—including camping in all conditions!
Re-mounting the American Bison
- Date: February 25, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: One of our recent projects, these photographic crayon enlargements, associated with founder of the National Zoo William Temple Hornaday, were made on sensitized paper that was then adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. The paper had become brittle, and handling at some point in the past led to a number of punctures and tears through both the paper and the
Celebrating Handwriting with the Hungerford Deed
- Date: January 21, 2021
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Handwriting is a personal passion of mine, despite it having become something of a lost art. Today, when most people think of handwriting at all, it is as a greatly individual method of writing recognizable characters, regardless of the writing system, but in the past, when you could make a living as a scribe, there were highly standardized styles.