Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Press"
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Smithsonian’s First Earth Day
- Date: April 20, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: How did the Smithsonian take part in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970?
Hall of Photography
- Date: February 16, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Neil Allen worked on audiovisual elements in the Hall of Photography which opened at the National Museum of History and Technology in 1973.
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See Here: 12/25/2009
- Date: December 25, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Eileen M. McCarthy, chief of the Publications Distribution Section of the Smithsonian Institution Press, opening gifts at her retirement party in the Great Hall, Smithsonian Institution Building, March 9, 1973, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
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The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers
- Date: April 25, 2019
- Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.
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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]
Uta C. Merzbach: Smithsonian's First Curator of Mathematical Instruments
- Date: March 22, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Uta C. Merzbach was the Smithsonian's first curator of mathematical instruments. She brought her field to life with unique presentations of mathematical concepts and computer history.
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Seeing the Invisible (Part 2)
- Date: June 1, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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See Here: 1/25/2011
- Date: January 25, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Shortly after he was hired as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology in the United States National Museum in 1922, Frank A. Taylor works on a large press from the collections, 1920s, by Underwood and Underwood, Washington, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part I
- Date: June 7, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Seeing the Invisible
- Date: May 11, 2009
- Description: Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. This is the first installment from Megan Watzke, Press Officer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Most people think of a telescope as something in a backyard or the dome at the local planetarium. And it’s true that many telescopes are designed to
Sneak Peek 2/18/2019
- Date: February 18, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: National Portrait Gallery press conference prior to opening, with the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington in view, OPA-1336-07.
The Electronic Smithsonian
- Date: May 7, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.