Results for "Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)"
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/24/2010
- Date: March 24, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="The Smithsonian Institution Building seen from downtown Washington, D.C., from across The Mall, around 1855. In the foreground are construction materials along 15th Street, NW for the new wing added in 1855 to the Treasury Building. The Treasury building is the oldest departmental building in Washington, D.C.having been
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/26/2009
- Date: November 26, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Roof of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) and Buildings of the City of Washington, D.C., c. 1920s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 562, Box 1, Negative Number:2003-19563. "][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/27/2010
- Date: December 27, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Aerial photo from the Washington Monument showing the newly completed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, the construction of the West Wing of the Natural History Building, The National Mall, Constitution Avenue, the Capitol in the distance, and the Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/19/2011
- Date: January 19, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- 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:
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/30/2010
- Date: December 30, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Behind the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the "Castle," is the site of the Smithsonian's museum complex on Independence Avenue, 1987, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 410 Box 3 Folder Quad with Street, Negative Number: 87-7964-1."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/12/2011
- Date: April 12, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="A diorama of Andrew Ellicott and his assistant Benjamin Banneker taking a break from surveying the boundaries of Washington, D.C., in "Laying out the Nation's Capital" in the Hall of Physical Sciences, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/12/2011
- Date: January 12, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409" caption="Attending the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now known as Anacostia Community Museum), are (left to right): Director John R. Kinard; Mayor of Washington, D.C., September 15, 1967, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9538, John R. Kinard Oral
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/9/2010
- Date: April 9, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362" caption="Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) sits at a table in the Hollywood Playhouse. She is best remembered for her efforts to transform Washington, D.C. into the nation's cultural capital during the first quarter of the twentieth century, 1927, by Paralta Studio, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/20/2010
- Date: April 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Plants stored between the greenhouse and the Office Building in the South Yard, A portion of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," is visible in the background, 1974, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 94 Box 32 Folder 14, Negative Number:
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/7/2010
- Date: April 7, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Rasmussen (left) and his two Inuit campanions, Arnarulunguak and Miteq, visit Washington, D.C. Born in Greenland of a Danish missionary father and an Inuit mother, Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, 1879-1933, was a Danish arctic explorer and ethnologist, 1924, by Leo Hansen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/23/2010
- Date: August 23, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="Fabrics of the Future Exhibit installed in a display window at the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, G and 12th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C, The exhibit featured such synthetic fabrics as nylon and rayon, c. 1938-1939, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/4/2009
- Date: November 4, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="418" caption="Retouched Photograph of Fire in Smithsonian Institution Building, 1865, by Alexander Gardner, photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 30 Folder 9, Negative Number:37082."][/caption]