Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology"
Sneak Peek 4/20/2020
- Date: April 20, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Frank Hamilton Cushing, ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, demonstrates horse riding technique of a Dakota warrior, SIA Acc. 11-006, USNM No. 8349.
Sneak Peek 10/8/2018
- Date: October 8, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Bureau of American Ethnology exhibit featuring "Basketry of the American Indians" at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-16402.
Spotlight: George Tsaroff
- Date: September 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: This blog post was edited in October 2021 for clarification. While surveying and collecting specimens in the Aleutian Islands in 1871-1872 for the United States Coast Survey, later renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, naturalist William Healey Dall befriended George Tsaroff (1858-1880), an Unangan (Aleut) teen from Unalaska Island who had been hired as local
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October is American Archives Month: Fin.
- Date: November 4, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: November is here and the leaves seem to finally be changing, which heralds the end of October is American Archives Month. Our 31-day Blogathon was a smashing success, garnering about 10,000 visits, and even though Archives month has come to a close, we will continue to post about our profession, our stories, and our wonderfully unique treasures. [caption id="attachment_9907"
Unlocking the Vault
- Date: February 28, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.
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Sneak Peek: 6/15/2011
- Date: June 15, 2011
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="attachment_13490" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="Installation of the Jose de Rivera sculpture, "Infinity," in front of the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1967, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: OPA-1020.16"][/caption]
Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
Where the Wild Things Are
- Date: July 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at the residents of the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 1973 with these newly digitized images.
Smithsonian Open Access-iversary
- Date: February 25, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!
The Little Aquarium That Could
- Date: June 23, 2022
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.
Sneak Peek 7/30/18
- Date: July 30, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: William Woodville Rockhill models traditional costume from Tibet, 1890, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-5333.
Sneak Peek 5/14/18
- Date: May 14, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Emergency mine hospital operating room in Bureau of Mines exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, MAH-8186.