Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) greets Mr. Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founding donor, on opening day of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, October 4, 1974, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder November 1974, Negative Number:
Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few
Description: In a post by Smithsonian Institution archivist Tammy Peters, she challenged us to help her identify a few of the women in the women scientists group we posted on the Flickr Commons. We received some great leads, including one from Flickr user Carolyn, aka 'vintage pix'. To correctly identify social scientist Bird Stein Gans (SI Archives had identified as Mrs. Howard S.
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