Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Institutional History Division"
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/28/2010
- Date: July 28, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="365" caption="At the end of the three-story high concourse in the Smithsonian Institutions underground complex is an illusionist mural by Richard Haas, The mural depicts through ancient stone arches the Arts and Industries Building and the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle, both located above ground, adjacent to the
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/22/2011
- Date: February 22, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A passenger pigeon Martha (named after Martha Washington), the last survivor of an American species that numbered in the millions prior to the 1880's, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, Her body was donated to the Smithsonian Institution and brought to the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/28/2011
- Date: March 28, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_7497,size=350,left][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="402" caption="On August 20, 1957, a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smitha, living fossil fish, is put on exhibit in the foyer of United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1957, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/26/2010
- Date: May 26, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption=" Instruments atop the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Observing Station, Mt. St. Katherine, Egypt, The station was operational from 1933 to 1937, 1933, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7005 Box 186 Folder 5, Negative Number: 94-12576."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/6/2010
- Date: July 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="451" caption="Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927, with Charles W. Gilmore, Curator, standing near panels and dinosaur remains, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 46, Box 99, Folder 6, Negative Number:
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/15/2010
- Date: January 15, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Secretary Samuel P. Langley with family and friends in front of an unidentified house, Date unknown, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 15 Folder 14, Negative number: 82-3194."] [/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/20/2010
- Date: January 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="256" caption=" Uniform and sword worn by George Washington during the American Revolution, Date unknown, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 54A Folder 38, Negative number: 2002-12148."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/5/2010
- Date: January 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="Three black-billed magpies in the National Zoological Park's Flight Cage, 1978, by Vichai Malikul, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder June 1978, Negative number: 94-8329."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/30/2009
- Date: December 30, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Visit of Muhammad Ali to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976, when he donated a pair of gloves and a robe to the museum for the "Nations of Nations" exhibition, 1976, Richard K. Hofmeister,
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/13/2010
- Date: August 13, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Installation of the Apollo-Soyuz space vehicles in the National Air and Space Museum before it is open to the public, May 24, 1976, by Richard Farrar, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Negative Number: 76-6944-2."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/8/2010
- Date: February 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="An early model of the grounds and buildings at the National Zoological Park site at Rock Creek Park, Date unknown, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 11, Negative Number: 10193."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/19/2010
- Date: April 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="The 131st Birthday Party in the rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building on August 10, 1977, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder September 1977, Negative Number: 77-10604-12."][/caption]