Results for "Zoos"
Mom, can we keep him? Ummm, no.
- Date: January 15, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Robert F. Kennedy gave his children a sea lion named "Sandy" who was eventually donated to the National Zoological Park.
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Answer me this?
- Date: May 19, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Stumped!
- Date: October 12, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="Unidentified Washington, DC Church, 1919, by Martin A. Gruber, Black-and-white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, RU007355."][/caption] Recently the Smithsonian Institution Archives posted some images from the Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection,
Serendipity and Unexpected Connections
- Date: April 23, 2020
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”
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Family Affair
- Date: November 9, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), and his wife, Harriet Henry, and their daughters Caroline, Helen and Mary with croquet mallets on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution Building, c.
Arlton C. Murray, Smithsonian Employee Who Became a Creation Scientist
- Date: December 26, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: The search to prove/disprove the office story of Arlton C. Murray, the Smithsonian employee who became a creation scientist.