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 Women’s History Month, we’d like to revisit an important and inspiring exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in 1961. “The Magnificient Enterprise: Education Opens the Door” was a photographic exhibition based on the 100 years of higher education for women. Sponsored by Vassar College in observance of its
Description: As some of you reading this know, we enjoy getting to know fascinating women in science throughout our collections and in the Smithsonian's history. We enjoy it so much that one of us decided we needed a set of LEGO women scientists. Over lunch, we assembled the the sets with some trepidation as it had been years since our previous LEGO adventures. We had fun playing and
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Visitors to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) Military History Hall, costumed in Revolutionary attire for the Treaty of Paris Bicentennial celebration held on the grounds around the Washington Monument, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A cart filled with plate glass from the E. J. Murphy Co. sits in front of the nearly completed Natural History Building, c. 1910, by Leet Brothers, Washington DC, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 104, Folder: Natural History Building, 1912, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption=" George Washington statue, sculpted by Horatio Greenough, encased in its support system sits outside the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, waiting to be moved inside, 1962, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 276 Box 97
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="While the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, is still under construction, the 1401, a 280 ton Pacific-type passenger steam locomotive is being moved into the building, 1961, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="338" caption="Teddy Roosevelt's original "teddy" bear sitting on display at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Date unknown, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder December 1978, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="Guests are in line at the National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History to attend President Nixon's Inaugural Ball, January 20, 1973, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 284, Box 10, Folder 11, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="The 1401, a 280 ton Pacific-type passenger steam locomotive shown being moved into the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History (NMAH), while the building is still under construction, 1961, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="The Southern Railroad car arrives at the new Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, The car arrives while the museum is still under construction, c. 1961, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 6, Folder: 6, Negative
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="308" caption="National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) foreman Richard Day with a mannequin modeled after him, now in the 'Hall of American Maritime Enterprise.' NMHT is now known as the National Museum of American History (NMAH), 1978, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
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