Description: In August 1996, the Smithsonian marked its 150th anniversary with a huge birthday celebration on the National Mall. For its sesquicentennial, a term which this author constantly forgets no matter how many times she looks it up, the Institution threw itself a two-day birthday party, sprinkled with special exhibit tents, concerts, nineteen birthday cakes, a special website, and
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="419" caption="Secretary Robert McCormick Adams and distinguished guests--former Secretary of State James Baker, left, former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush--enjoy a visit to the Samuel P. Langley Theater at the National Air and Space Museum in 1992, by Carolyn Russo, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Three staff members of the International Exchange Service are at work in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building, Note electric wiring is on ceiling. Wrapped packages are piled on the tables in the center and along the wall, Established in 1848, the International Exchange Service, administered by the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the
Description: In honor of Bald and Free Day, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents bald or partially bald employees and visitors to the Smithsonian.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Israel's Shimon Peres and Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush looking at the National Air and Space Museum's World War II memorabilia with NASM Deputy Director Donald Lopez during a brief visit in September 1986, by Mark Avino, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder:
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.
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