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,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="291" caption="A storage area, used by the Division of Insects at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, has cabinets and shelves of books, c. 1915, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9555, Box 1, John Frederick Gates Clarke
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
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Taxidermists Charles R. Aschemeier (right) and Watson M. Perrygo (left) are at work in a laboratory in the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) preserving a sailfish caught by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1935, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="attachment_1085" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="President Barack Obama and health care executives leave the State Dining Room of the White House following a press statement May 11, 2009. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson."][/caption] A few days ago, watching TV and seeing Barack Obama face yet another gaggle of photographers and
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: It turns out that a series of mysterious tunnels discovered in the early 1900s underneath Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle, were the makings of former Smithsonian employee and entomologist, Harrison G. Dyar (whose papers happen to be in our collections). Read more about this fascinating story and character at "the location" blog [via The e-Torch]. The Internet Archive explains
Description: Dr. Margaret S. Collins became a renowned expert in multiple areas of termite zoololgy during her almost 50-year career as a scientist and professor.
Description: Need some snack inspiration for your family’s Super Bowl game watch? Look no further than the 1984 NMNH Docent Cookbook. Read about how we whipped up the Baked Mushroom Cheese Dip.
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="A room in the Laboratory of Fossil Invertebrates, United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), c. 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder 1A, Negative Number: SIA2009-1806."][/caption]
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