Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="316" caption="Guy Greenwell and a baby crane, one of six bred naturally at in the summer of 1980 at the Conservation Research Center (CRC), 1980, by Madeleine Jacobs, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 3, Negative Number: 80-14858-11A."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Aerial view of the Sculpture Garden of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden taken on opening night, October 4, 1974, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder November 1974, Negative Number: 94-2860."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="291" caption="Men working in the Taxidermy Shop in the South Shed, One man is working on a skeleton which is on the table in front of him, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 28 Folder 31-A, Negative Number: 6068."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A painting from the exhibition "Centennial Exhibition of Painting by Edmund C. Tarbell" hangs in the Foyer Gallery of the Natural History Building, 1962, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives,Negative Number: MNH-920-A. Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 19, "][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Queen Elizabeth II and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley viewing the Hope Diamond, on July 8, 1976, by James Wallace, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder August 1976, Negative Number: 76-8514-25A."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="339" caption="Secretary Leonard Carmichael and guests are at the dedication of the Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, January 24, 1964, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 9, Folder 7, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="437" caption="Ernest P. Walker, Assistant Director, National Zoological Park, 1930-1956, with a flying squirrel, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 24A Folder 1, Negative Number: 2002-10670."][/caption]
Description: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Ahead of next year’s festivities, NPG unveiled an exhibition commemorating its May 1968 opening. The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) provided several pieces for this gallery, including a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dedication speech on May 3rd. Check out the full
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A group of Smithsonian Employees in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building on February 9, 1927 in connection with a test of the lights in preparation for the group shot of the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: Oral history interviews sometimes reveal the central role that a mentor can play in the life of a young person, changing the road taken in that person’s life.