Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="The cast of the television sitcom "All in the Family" came to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, to donate Archie and Edith Bunker's chairs to the "A Nation of Nations" exhibit in September of 1978, (L-R): Jean Stapleton, Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="This rare 1948 Tucker automobile was acquired by the National Museum of American History for its transportation collection. The car was designed by Preston Tucker, Alex Tremulis, and a team of stylists and engineers. It is one of only 51 such cars produced by Tucker Corporation before Preston Tucker became embroiled in
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="301" caption="Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968), herpetologist in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History). Cochran was appointed an aid to Leonhard Stejneger in 1919, Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1942, and Curator in 1956. She retired in
Description: Alice R. Tangerini became the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany's first staff illustrator in 1972, and she has illustrated over 1500 species of plants. #Groundbreaker
Description: Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History, the Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) buildings, and the Departmental Auditorium, July 3, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-37403E.
Description: Donation of Betty Ford dress to collection of First Ladies gowns at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, with Frankie Welch, fashion designer, First Lady Betty Ford, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, 76-7870-11A.
Description: One of the 1st female moving image archivists in the U.S., Pam Wintle, founded the Human Studies Film Archives (now the National Anthropological Film Collection) in 1981 which contains over 5,000 hours of moving images spanning most of the 20th century. #Groundbreaker
Description: Tree O'Donnell and Mike Friello of Office of Exhibits Central provide a fiberglass and pigmented polyester resin facial to Uncle Beazley, a 22-foot long replica of a dinosaur triceratops, 81-6787-23A.
Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.