Results for "Portraits"
Link Love: 1/24/2020
- Date: January 24, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
- Blog Post
Smokin’ Smithsonian
- Date: January 24, 2012
- Description: The story of the 1865 fire that destroyed part of the Smithsonian Institution Building and its contents.
- Blog Post
Here's Looking at You, Closer . . . Photography and Radiology
- Date: April 10, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Photo of William F. Mack, Roentgenologist, by Margrethe Mather, 1922, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications"][/caption] Just how closely do radiologists look at what they’re supposed to be analyzing? Would knowing whose CT scans they were studying make
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it...
- Date: May 10, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion, 1925, by Watson Davis, Black and white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image # SIA2008-1146"][/caption] We are nearing the 2nd anniversary of the Smithsonian launching on the
What Did the Smithsonian Exhibit When it First Opened?
- Date: May 22, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: An overview of what the Smithsonian collected and displayed when it first opened to the public in 1855.
Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot
- Date: September 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Turn up the Volume - The Electric Guitar
- Date: March 5, 2019
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In November of 1996, the electric guitar, its history and its makers, were the focus of attention at the National Museum of American History.
Ask the Smithsonian, Again!
- Date: October 4, 2011
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 2/18/2011
- Date: February 18, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 8/19/2016
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Sneak Peek 2/18/2019
- Date: February 18, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: National Portrait Gallery press conference prior to opening, with the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington in view, OPA-1336-07.
Link Love: 10/5/2018
- Date: October 5, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.