Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Institutional History Division"
Goody Goody Gumdrops
- Date: September 25, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A history of pygmy hippopotamus naming conventions at the National Zoological Park.
Sneak Peek 6/24/2019
- Date: June 24, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Spencer Crew, while director of National Museum of American History, at press event for opening of "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s" exhibition, April 2001, by Jeff Tinsley, SIA Acc. 11-009, 2001-3004-37.
Sneak Peek 2/26/2018
- Date: February 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Andreas Joseph Andrews, chief preparator in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, sculpts model of face, October 19, 1967, SIA Acc. 11-008, OPA-1104-12.
Sneak Peek 2/22/2016
- Date: February 22, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Roy S. Clarke, Associate Curator in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, examines samples from a Mexican meteorite shower for the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, OPA-1447-09A.
Sneak Peek 4/8/2019
- Date: April 8, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Taxidermist Francis “Frank” Greenwell repairs a Nubian giraffe in an exhibit containing animals from Africa in the Hall of Mammals in the National Museum of Natural History, February 10, 1982, by Kim Nielsen, SIA Acc. 11-009, 82-2558-26A.
Sneak Peek 7/8/2019
- Date: July 8, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History, the Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) buildings, and the Departmental Auditorium, July 3, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-37403E.
Alice Paul Memorial March
- Date: March 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.
Sneak Peek 8/29/2016
- Date: August 29, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Demolition of the Medical Museum of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, also known as the Army Medical Museum, at the site of the future Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, with the U.S. Capitol visible, OPA-1307-11.
Panda-Rama
- Date: July 11, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling arrive at the National Zoo.
Sneak Peek 11/18/2013
- Date: November 18, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Staff Observe a Solar Eclipse
Speak Softly . . .
- Date: November 3, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.
Sneak Peek 8/3/2015
- Date: August 3, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Senator Warren Magnuson Presents a Pacific Halibut to Smithsonian, OPA-1364-07.