Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.
Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the
Description: Photos in the Science Service collection documenting Herbert Hoover's historic acceptance of the Presidential nomination with live radio coverage.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Secretary Leonard Carmichael at the National Zoological Park with a baby gorilla, Leonard (left), and chimpanzee (right), 1961, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 5 Folder 9, Negative Number: 76-17992."][/caption]
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), physicist and first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), taken on December 1, 1875. This print contains the portrait of Henry resting on top of a glass case containing a variety of arrowheads, by Fassett,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Curator of Grasses Mary Agnes Chase receives an award from Smithsonian Secretary Leonard Carmichael, Chase was Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution and Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, October 2, 1958, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white
Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="267" caption="S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) formal portrait as a child wearing a sailor suit, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ripley served as the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984, 1918, by Louis Fabian Bachrach, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7008, Accession 93-105, Box 28;
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