Description: Although planning began in 1919, the National Portrait Gallery was not created until 1962, and it opened to the public in the historic Patent Office Building in 1968. Known for its iconic collections of portraits of a broad spectrum of Americans, the gallery is also noted for its Hall of Presidents. History of the National Portrait GalleryAdditional Historic Images of the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist, Unidentified Photographer, Unidentified Photographer, Smithsonian Institution Libraries"][/caption] In response to our recent Flickr Commons set highlighting women in science, Erin, our colleague from Smithsonian Libraries, did some deeper
Description: The exhibition brochure for "Mathew Brady's Portraits," September 26, 1997 to January 4, 1998 at the National Portrait Gallery mimics a mid-19th century gazette.