Description: What's changed, and hasn't — the Fair Housing Act 50 years later. [via National Museum of American History]A 1749 book, The Governess, advocated for female literacy when the literacy rate was 40% in England. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Library of Congress has archival materials of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and records on historical Supreme Court cases now
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Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24, 1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278439. "][/caption] When I read Laurie Lambrecht’s recent
Description: United States Fish Commission offices at building designed by Adolf Cluss at 1443 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 1880s, by Thomas W. Smillie, MAH-3364.
Description: Baby rhino "Patrick," the first live Indian rhinoceros born in captivity in the United States to NZP rhinos "Rajkumari" and "Tarun." Image Number: 74-1241-07.
Description: As one of the first women to work in scientific illustration at the Smithsonian, Violet Dandridge made her mark at the United States National Museum.
Description: Wessington House, Edenton, North Carolina (N.C.), photographed by United States Fish Commission during survey of N.C. fisheries, circa 1878, Acc. No. 11-006, MAH-4911.
Description: Harpoons mounted for exhibit in the Fisheries area in the East North Range of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. Image Number: MAH-2855.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.
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