Results for "United States. President's Airport Commission"
The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian
- Date: November 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few
Sweet Caroline
- Date: November 18, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The Kennedy Family presents their twin engine Convair CV-240, "Caroline" to the Smithsonian.
- Blog Post
The World Is Yours: Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives
- Date: March 4, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled “Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives.”
- Blog Post
Where’s Waldo . . . L. Schmitt?
- Date: February 18, 2016
- Creator: Patrick Milhoan
- Description: Waldo L. Schmitt, a curator with the United States National Museum, participated in a 1938 expedition with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to survey the Clipperton, Cocos, and Galapagos Islands.
A Suffrage Protest at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 4, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at the United States National Museum.
Sneak Peek 12/17/2018
- Date: December 17, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission research station, possibly along the Potomac River, 1880s, Glass negative [double exposure], SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5600.
Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth
- Date: January 28, 2021
- Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.
Sneak Peek 4/15/2019
- Date: April 15, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission (USFC) staff member monitors McDonald hatching jars for the hatching of buoyant fish eggs at USFC research station, circa 1880s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5611.
Sneak Peek 12/21/2015
- Date: December 21, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission fishway, circa 1900s, MAH-3727.
Sneak Peek 10/24/2012
- Date: October 24, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt at a speaking engagement.
Sneak Peek 7/20/2015
- Date: July 20, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission staff sort fish on beach, MAH-3045.
Sneak Peek 8/22/2016
- Date: August 22, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission hatchery ponds in unidentified location, MAH-3526.