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Showing results 1657 - 1668 of 1995 for Transportation
  1. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 05-111, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Architectural Drawings, 1959-1974

    • Date: 1959 1959-1974
    • Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  3. SI History Bibliography

    The Removal of the Remains of James Smithson

    • Date: April 11, 1904
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

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    Field Book Project

    • Date: January 27, 2017
    • Description: Scientific and scholarly pursuit are hindered when primary sources are un-cataloged or accessible only by visiting cultural heritage institutions. The Field Book Project seeks to promote awareness of and access to thousands of scientific field notes in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and holdings at the National Museum of Natural History and the

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  7. Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects

    • Date: October 15, 2012
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.

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    Exploration of the Southern Continent

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=150,left]Much of the Smithsonian's early natural history collections came from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The fourth Annual Report (1850) discusses several Latin American expeditions, in particular the exploration of islands near Nicaragua by Ephraim G. Squier, who served as U.S. charge d'affaires

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    The Court of Chancery

    • Date: August 9, 2021
    • Description: The Court of Chancery was the high-level English law court where the battle between Elizabeth Macie and Henrietta Maria Walker was resolved. Chancery was also such a legendary money-pit of bureaucratic red tape that Charles Dickens lampooned the court in his novel Bleak House, depicting centuries-long, fortune-destroying lawsuits that only mildly exaggerated the delays and

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  13. Blog Post

    I Never Meta-data I Didn’t Like…

    • Date: June 10, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: So you know those thousand words a picture is worth? It’s true! Though my idea of what those thousand words should be might differ from yours and that’s why we’re going to talk about descriptive metadata, controlled vocabularies, and levels of access. Boy howdy, sounds like a wild ride, eh? When I was younger and infinitely more creative with how I spent my time I used to

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  15. Document

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      Avatar. A Photographic Game-Changer?

      • Date: January 20, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: A few days ago, I went to an IMAX 3D showing of Avatar to see for myself if the movie is a “game-changer,” as many have suggested. And, it is, but in a way no one seems to be focusing on—the way it acknowledges and exploits photography’s power to shape both everyday and alternate realities. What struck me, as soon as the movie started, was how sophisticated the film’s

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    • A man points to a bent bolt attached to a metal support.

      The Day the Earth Did Not Stand Still

      • Date: August 19, 2021
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Where were you when the central Virginia 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck?

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    • View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

      The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

      • Date: March 19, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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      SIA Acc. 16-317, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Proposals, 2009-2010

      • Date: 2009 2009-2010
      • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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