Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Program in Black American Culture"
- Blog Post
See Here: 10/28/2010
- Date: October 28, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="On January 25, 1904, a military procession to Smithsonian Institution grounds brings the remains of James Smithson (c.1765-1829) whose bequest created the Smithsonian, His remains had been transported by Alexander Graham Bell, a member of the Board of Regents, from Genoa, Italy, after the Italian cemetery had fallen into
- Blog Post
See Here: 10/18/2010
- Date: October 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="After three years at the National Portrait Gallery, (l-r) William Trossen, Terry Conable, Lina Best and David Price are moving the Gilbert Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington for shipment to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where they will be displayed under an alternating exhibition plan worked out in 1980
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See Here: 10/25/2010
- Date: October 25, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="334" caption="Paul Rhymer, Exhibits Specialist in Taxidermy at Exhibits Central, shows off the radio-controlled badger he created for Brian Miller, a post-doctoral fellow working at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, VA, The "robo-badger" had been found as road-kill and mailed to Rhymer frozen,
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/16/2010
- Date: March 16, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Dan Quayle, on the eve of becoming United States Vice President and Smithsonian's newest regent, addresses guests at the vice-presidential reception held the Flag Hall of the National Museum of American History, January 19, 1989, by Eric Long, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2
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See Here: 4/13/2010
- Date: April 13, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="415" caption="National Geogrqaphical Society photographer Richard Stewart is photographing an archological site being excavated by Matthew and Marion Stirling of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, south of Parita, Herrera, Panama, March 2, 1948, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/3/2009
- Date: December 3, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="426" caption="Rendering of the north front of the Museum of History and Technology (MHT), now the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH), photographed from a colored drawing made by Elliot Glushak in 1961, 1961, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
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- Date: July 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: We’re getting into the middle of the summer months and many of us have vacation or travel planned. Whether you’re hopping across the globe, or planning a “staycation” at home, take a trip virtually by browsing through some of the delightful postcards in the Smithsonian’s collections.
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- Date: March 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Summer Youth Employment Program, July 1964, 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.: AC0618.004.0001801."][/caption] You may have noticed that we have sorted out our tags
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/30/2010
- Date: December 30, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Behind the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the "Castle," is the site of the Smithsonian's museum complex on Independence Avenue, 1987, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 410 Box 3 Folder Quad with Street, Negative Number: 87-7964-1."][/caption]
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See Here: 2/21/2011
- Date: February 21, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="351" caption="Dr. Donald J. Ortner, a physical anthropologist in the National Museum of Natural History, is examining a skull, He studied 500 unusual pathological skeletons in the Smithsonian's collection, 1986, Dane A. Penland, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/11/2010
- Date: June 11, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="317" caption="John Estes, operations director, Smithsonian's International Exchange Service, holding up the pay records of his great-grandfather, who worked at the Exchange from 1890-1898, 1977, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2, Negative Number:
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/22/2010
- Date: March 22, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="254" caption=""Kermit the Frog" is unpacked from his shipping crate at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Convention Center was the first stop of the "America's Smithsonian" exhibition national tour celebrating the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary, 1996, by Hugh Talman, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession