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Postcard of a Stegosaurus
- Date: c. 1930-1949
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Postcard of Sun Tower at Mt. Wilson
- Date: c. 1930s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Postcard of Snow at Mt. Wilson Hotel
- Date: c. 1930s
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Miami Nice
- Date: March 30, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: When the names of certain cities are mentioned, photographic images of them pop into your head almost immediately. Washington = buildings on or near the mall. New York = skyscrapers of one sort or another. Paris = the Eiffel Tower. Tokyo = the Ginza shopping and entertainment district. With that thought in mind—and considering the multiple roles photography plays in shaping,
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Date: September 16, 2013
- Description: S. Dillon Ripley, the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian, wanted the Smithsonian to have a contemporary art museum. He worked tirelessly to persuade Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) to donate his collections to the Smithsonian. On November 7, 1966, the collections of Hirshhorn officially came under the auspices of the Smithsonian. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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SIA Acc. T89015, Bartsch, Paul 1871-1960, Paul Bartsch Papers [Glass Plate Negatives, Photographs, and Negatives], undated
- Date: undated
- Creator: Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 18, 2013
- Description: The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was created on November 18, 1989, when President George H.W. Bush signed an act allowing the transfer of the Museum of the American Indian into the Smithsonian to create NMAI. As one of the Smithsonian’s newer museums, the images in this gallery show the evolution of postcard use at the Smithsonian. The NMAI postcards mainly
Postcard from Lima, Peru
- Date: March 18, 1942
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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National Air and Space Museum
- Date: September 16, 2013
- Description: The National Air Museum was created by a congressional act on August 12, 1946. Its name was changed to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in 1966 as part of a congressional act authorizing a separate building to house its collections. The museum opened to the public on July 1, 1976. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center located in Chantilly, Virginia, opened to the public on
Postcard of Native American Arrow Makers
- Date: c. 1930-1949
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 07-079, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Office of Public Programs Publications Office, Publications, 2006
- Date: 2006
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Education and Museum Programs. Publications Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
