Results for "United States. Air Force. Malaria Control Unit"
Exhibiting the Enola Gay
- Date: June 25, 2020
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.
The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
- Date: March 18, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.
The Fate of the National Institute
- Date: July 27, 2017
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.
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Science Service, Up Close: Up in the Air for a Solar Eclipse
- Date: January 24, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On January 24, 1925, for the first time in over a century, a total solar eclipse would be visible across the northern part of the United States. How scientists used a dirigible to observe the phenomenon.
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See Here: 2/11/2011
- Date: February 11, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist and exhibits preparator and zoological exhibits worker in the Department of Zoology, USNM, 1952-1958, and Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and Sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, stand beside a truck carrying the identification of the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F. A-6331), March 14, 1952, by
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
- Date: May 1, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents some images from their collections.
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The National Park that Never Was
- Date: August 25, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.
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Explore the Arctic with Operation Windmill
- Date: January 28, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: View amazing photos from Operation Windmill, a surveying expedition of Antarctica conducted by the US Navy in 1947-48.
Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927
- Date: February 2, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.
How did the Smithsonian Respond to the 1918 Pandemic?
- Date: June 11, 2020
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Masks and endless sanitizing again? What has the Smithsonian done during past pandemics? We’ll look back to the public health emergency in 1918.
Serpents, Slugs and Science: The Interesting Career of Paul Bartsch
- Date: August 9, 2012
- Description: Learn about Smithsonian zoologist Paul Bartsch, whose love of mollusks and science was not just a career but a way of life.
The Smithsonian International Exchange Service in World War II
- Date: July 16, 2020
- Creator: Jessica Scott
- Description: While responding to a digitization request, I uncovered the story of how the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (1849-1992) helped rebuild the library collections of Chinese cultural heritage institutions during the Second World War.