Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Dan Quayle, on the eve of becoming United States Vice President and Smithsonian's newest regent, addresses guests at the vice-presidential reception held the Flag Hall of the National Museum of American History, January 19, 1989, by Eric Long, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Exhibits Maker Jimmy Machuga (left) and Terry King painting a ceiling motif in the Ceremonial Court (a re-creation of the White House entrance hall) at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), 1989, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder April 1989,
Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="358" caption="An exhibit case containing a model of a young woman looking at herself in the mirror wearing an 1880 satin brocade wedding gown, This exhibit is part of the Hall of American Costume in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, c. 1964, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="301" caption="Photograph of the "Dynamics of Evolution," a major exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. The "People Tower" in the foreground is covered with more than 100 larger-than-life sized photos of faces that show genetic traits, such as blue or brown eyes, or black or blonde hair, May 1979, by Unidentified
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Image of a wall case displaying specimens from the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, The case, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, is located in the Hall of Gems and Minerals in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1958, by Unidentified photographer,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362" caption="The Midland skull, which was found in southwestern Texas in 1953, is on display in the National Museum of Natural History's North American Archeology Exhibit which opened in November 1962, The skull was identified as that of a female about 30 years old and is probably more than 10,000 years old, 1962, by Unidentified
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Interior view shows the fireplace, wooden chair and a fur rug of a 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony House installed in 1957 in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, as a part of the Hall of Colonial Culture, 1957, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="411" caption="Visitors viewing "Transparent Woman" at the opening of the Hall of Health. This display was part of the Exhibits Modernization Program and was located in the Arts and Industries Building. Assistant Secretary A. Remington Kellogg is the second from the right. Using electronics, sound, and light, the figure of a woman
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="318" caption="National Museum of Natural History, 'Interior of the South Pavilion and Rotunda to the Height of the Top of the Great Arches, Showing the Screen, Walls and Clearstory Window on the East Side, and Parts of the Adjoining Piers,' (from United States National Museum Bulletin 80), c. 1911, by Unknown photographer, Photographic
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="The History of Medicine Exhibit on Osteopathy in the Arts and Industries Building, probably in the early twentieth century, Case contains books, diagrams, models, tools and implements, images and certificates, The case also holds a bust, several photographs and a commemorative spoon displaying the likeness of Dr. Andrew
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="From 1897-1903, galleries were built on the second floor of the United States National Museum (USNM), now the Arts and Industries Building (A&I), to provide more exhibit space, Pictured are men beside bricks to be used in the construction of the galleries, c. 1897-1903, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print,
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