Results for "National Museum of Engineering and Industry"
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/15/2010
- Date: April 15, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="The electricity laboratory in one of the pavilions of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, around the turn of the 20th century, c. 1890, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38, Folder 9, Negative Number: MAH-3668.
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/5/2011
- Date: April 5, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="United States National Museum (now the Arts and Industries Building) work and storage area with the Zuni, New Mexico,pueblo model under construction, 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 39, Negative Number:
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/25/2010
- Date: May 25, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="An exhibit of rocks and minerals in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, The exhibit includes Balls of Brecciated Marble from Japan in the middle case and other samples of rocks and minerals in the other cases next to it, 1900s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/26/2010
- Date: July 26, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="The History of Medicine Exhibit on the use of vegetable substances in pharmacy, in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, It appears on the floor plan of the 1925 Guidebook and remains there through 1965, c. 1930s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 9/2/2010
- Date: September 2, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="A model showing a mining town with railroad tracks in the foreground, various coal mining buildings, and houses in the background in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, c. 1920, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 16,
Just Me and My Photos: Zoe Martindale SIA Image Cataloger
- Date: April 16, 2013
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has roughly six thousand volunteers and without them the work we do would not be possible. Here at the Smithsoinan Institution Archives, we have dedicated volunteers who help fufill our mission. One such volunteer is Zoe Martindale, who for sixteen years has carefully cataloged thousands of images and helped get them online for the public.
Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies
- Date: March 30, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/2/2010
- Date: August 2, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="From 1897-1903, galleries were built on the second floor of the United States National Museum (USNM), now the Arts and Industries Building (A&I), to provide more exhibit space, Pictured are men beside bricks to be used in the construction of the galleries, c. 1897-1903, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print,
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/20/2010
- Date: May 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="326" caption="Women employees in the Telephone and Telegraph Office which was located in the North Tower of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, from the time the building was opened in 1881, Through the window is the Syrian Sarcophagus brought to the United States in 1837 and intended for Andrew
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/5/2010
- Date: August 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="The Apollo 11 Command Module just fitting through the doors of the Arts and Industries Building as it is being moved out to go to the soon to open National Air and Space Museum, August 26, 1975, by Richard Farrar, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 32, Negative Number:
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors
- Date: November 17, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they