Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Environmental Sciences Program"
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/17/2009
- Date: December 17, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="422" caption="The operation of the Baker-Nunn camera, located at the Smithsonian Station in Shiraz, Iran, is explained to Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, April 26, 1959, by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/11/2010
- Date: May 11, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- 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,
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/18/2010
- Date: August 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="The Division of Radiation and Organisms, located in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), Shown here is apparatus for studying phototropism (bending toward light) of seedlings, in connection with experiments to determine effects of wave lengths of light on growth, Date unknown, by Unidentified
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/1/2011
- Date: April 1, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Dr. Judith A. Blake, biological technician at the Smithsonian's new Molecular Systematics Laboratory operated by the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD, stores tissue samples from plants and animals at temperatures of -148 degrees Fahrenheit, 1990, by Harold E.
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/4/2011
- Date: January 4, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/23/2009
- Date: November 23, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="298" caption="Philadelphia Centennial - Mammal Exhibit, 1876, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 24, Negative Number:72-2375."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 9/6/2010
- Date: September 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="261" caption="A project participant uses calipers to measure a tree on Barro Colorado Island during Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) census, similar to the one in Malaysia, on the biological diversity of tropical rainforests, 1985?, by Carl Hansen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/16/2010
- Date: November 16, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Physicist Hans Albrecht Bethe (1906-2005) is shown being interviewed by John O’Neill (science journalist, New York Tribune), and William Laurence (science journalist, New York Times) at the George Washington University Conference on Theoretical Physics, January 1939, by Fremont Davis, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/20/2010
- Date: August 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Sheila Hershey rings up a "sale" on world's first cash register, which was placed in the Smithsonian Institution on July 1, 1959, The device was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, a Dayton, Ohio, cafe owner, who sold the rights to the machine for $1,000, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/27/2010
- Date: December 27, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Aerial photo from the Washington Monument showing the newly completed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, the construction of the West Wing of the Natural History Building, The National Mall, Constitution Avenue, the Capitol in the distance, and the Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/6/2011
- Date: May 6, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="309" caption="Washington Monument, 1919, by Martin A. Gruber, Black-and-white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Local Number: SIA2010-2047."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/7/2009
- Date: December 7, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="313" caption="Franklin Printing Press, Date unknown, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285 Box 17 Folder 3, Negative Number:17539-B."][/caption]