Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Institutional History Division"
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/31/2010
- Date: May 31, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="South facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the Castle, after completion, is dominated by a massive, square battlemented central tower with an attached octagonal stair tower rising well above it, Constructed in red sandstone quarried in Seneca, Maryland, the building was unique not only in style but in
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/11/2010
- Date: November 11, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A baby calf resting on the lawn of the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," as part of the Department of Living Animals around 1887, Live animals were kept in the South Yard for exhibit and study by the taxidermists before the National Zoological Park was founded in 1889, 1887, by
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/29/2010
- Date: April 29, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="The Art Room in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building, created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley. The furnishings were specially designed by Hornblower and Marshall. Encircling the room was a plaster copy of the Parthenon frieze and carbon photographs by Adolphe Braun of Old Master portraits and
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/10/2011
- Date: May 10, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Agnes Chase (1869-1963), Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution and Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, is seated at a table holding up a herbarium sheet with a grass specimen, Chase specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/4/2009
- Date: December 4, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Alfred Duane Pell Collection of Ceramics and Furniture on display in the National Gallery of Art (NGA), now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), at the United States National Museum (USNM) building, now known as the Natural History Building (NHB), c. 1930, by
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/3/2011
- Date: March 3, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="253" caption="Edgar A. Mearns, an ornithologist, research associate, and honorary associate in zoology, with the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was one of three naturalists from the National Museum chosen go on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition with Theodore Roosevelt to
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/17/2011
- Date: June 17, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="In El Valle, Cocle, Panama, on 31 March 1951, Sixth Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore and taxidermist Watson M. Perrygo at his left are outside a building sitting at a table preparing bird specimens for study at the Natural History Museum, March 31, 1951, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/6/2010
- Date: April 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="343" caption="His face framed with fur, he was one of the great tellers of stories and legends who gave Rasmussen information on the folklore of the Eskimo race. The white objects are lip ornaments, 1924, by Leo Hansen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Science Service Records, Record Unit 7091, Box 409, Folder 2,
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/9/2010
- Date: July 9, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Frank Taylor examining two models of ancient Chinese war chariots, made in Peking, China from fragments which were dated to about 500 B.C., 1927, by Underwood and Underwood, Washington, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 22A, Folder 52, Negative Number: 83-2075."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/7/2010
- Date: July 7, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Civil Works Administration Project workers construct a trail to the Bird House in the National Zoological Park in March 1934, The Bird House appears in background, Depression era programs allowed the Zoo to build and renovate many facilities, 1934, by E. Hardy, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record,
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/12/2010
- Date: February 12, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="397" caption="Apollo 11 astronauts (from left) Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldren reunited at the National Air and Space Museum for a filming session to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the July 1969 landing, 1989, by Richard Strauss, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder July
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/31/2010
- Date: March 31, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="African American Laborers including Robert Campbell, Richard Hill, Rev. Bartlett L. Phillips, and Charles Washington are dressed in their white uniforms and worked at the United States National Museum, c. 1890, by T. W. Smillie, Cyanotype, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder 34, Negative