Results for "VanDerZee, Photographer (1886-1983) (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)"
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Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian
- Date: August 18, 2020
- Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.
Link Love: 03/12/2021
- Date: March 12, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Link Love: 7/19/2019
- Date: July 19, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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We Are What We Photograph
- Date: April 23, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_541" align="alignleft" width="144" caption="Inscription inside Lincoln's watch, by Hugh Talman, 2009, National Museum of American History"][/caption] Does photography always report on the past? Recently, as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial celebration, the Smithsonian took a closer look at a rare Lincoln object that possessed a secret message.
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Art and Photography at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 4, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="349" caption="Washington, D.C. 1975, from the series Archaeological Series, 6 Inch Contour Gauge, 1975, by Kenneth Josephson, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.828."][/caption] In 1981, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (at the time it was named
The Little Aquarium That Could
- Date: June 23, 2022
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.
An Airborne Adventure: Photographing a Tuskegee Airmen Plane
- Date: January 19, 2012
- Description: Learn about the Smithsonian Institution Archive photographer, Michael Barnes, and his experience photographing Tuskegee Airmen and one of their original training planes.
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See Here: 4/12/2011
- Date: April 12, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="A diorama of Andrew Ellicott and his assistant Benjamin Banneker taking a break from surveying the boundaries of Washington, D.C., in "Laying out the Nation's Capital" in the Hall of Physical Sciences, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,
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See Here: 1/12/2011
- Date: January 12, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409" caption="Attending the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now known as Anacostia Community Museum), are (left to right): Director John R. Kinard; Mayor of Washington, D.C., September 15, 1967, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9538, John R. Kinard Oral
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.
Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating
- Date: January 14, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.
Science Service, Up Close: The Microvivarium
- Date: May 12, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Today’s science museums build on the efforts of biologist George Roemmert (1892-1952), whose “Microvivarium” projected images of amoebas and other microscopic creatures.