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A fragment of largest shooting star placed in Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 4. This 2,000 pound meteorite, probably a fragment of one of the largest shooting stars which have struck the earth, has been added to the meteorite collection of the Smithsonian Institution. It was found in 1903 near the town of Pearcedale, not far from Melbourne, Australia, the general area of the Cranbourne Meteorite which was discovered in 1854. E.P. Henderson, of the Smithsonian Institution, is pictured inspecting the huge mass, 4-4-39

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A fragment of largest shooting star placed in Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 4. This 2,000 pound meteorite, probably a fragment of one of the largest shooting stars which have struck the earth, has been added to the meteorite collection of the Smithsonian Institution. It was found in 1903 near the town of Pearcedale, not far from Melbourne, Australia, the general area of the Cranbourne Meteorite which was discovered in 1854. E.P. Henderson, of the Smithsonian Institution, is pictured inspecting the huge mass, 4-4-39

Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. One of the largest animals which ever walked the earth has been discovered and is being rebuilt by the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Charles Gilmor, Paleontologist, found in western Utah the bones of a Sauropod,-a species of the dinosaurs which ruled the earth 80,000,000 to 150,000,000 years ago. Dr. Gilmore is pictured fitting the 32-foot tail of the monster together, 32438

Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. One of the largest animals which ever walked the earth has been discovered and is being rebuilt by the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Charles Gilmor, Paleontologist, found in western Utah the bones of a Sauropod,-a species of the dinosaurs which ruled the earth 80,000,000 to 150,000,000 years ago. Dr. Gilmore is pictured fitting the 32-foot tail of the monster together, 3/24/38

Lookout Studio at Grand Canyon National Park, is a steep-sided and winding gorge carved by the Colorado River across northern in Arizona. The canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and in spots is more than a mile deep. The rubble-stone building operates as a gift shop and observation station for visitors, with telescopes on its outdoor terrace. Lookout Studio was constructed by the Santa Fe Railway in 1914 and was established as a photography studio to compete with the Kolb Studio, a stone's throw away. Lookout Stuidio is one of six buildings at the Grand Canyon that were designed by renowned architect Mary Colter

Veteran Polish weather expert joins staff of Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. March 14. With home, laboratory, and invaluable records of years presumably lost in the recent Polish War, Dr. Henryk Arctowski, of the University of Lvov, one of Poland's foremost scientists and former Antarctic explorer, has started at the Smithsonian Institution the monumental job of determining direct effects of changes in the Sun's radiation on weather conditions on Earth. Recognized in all countries as one of the greatest living authorities on world weather, Dr. Arctowski is continuing his studies in efforts to find relationships between solar conditions and rainfall, barometric pressure, etc., at various places on Earth. His earliest meteorlogical observation began as a young geologist on the Antarctic exploring ship Belgica in 1897-99. For release morning papers of March 18 - 40

The Ainsa meteorite of the Smithsonian museum ... [Washington, D. C. n. d.].

Gathering meteorological data from stratosphere. Dr. L.F. Curtiss, of the U.S. Bureau of Standards, is shown here with part of the equipment he uses in experiments using radio to gather meteorological data at great altitudes. The complete radio apparatus for attachment to a balloon weighs less than two pounds, and preliminary trials show that the signals can be heard clearly at altitudes of 14 miles and at distances of 80 miles. A direction finder [...]bles experimenters to determine the location [...] he balloon the instant the radio wave is [...] out. 10/17/35

Woman posing with the Tucson Ring meteorite at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Part of an old garage and service station at Gammons Gulch, a recreated Old West town and the site of dozens of movies, commerical shoots and the like in the remote desert north of Benson in Cochise County, Arizona. The town was built piece by piece and with donations of vintage artifacts beginning in 1972 by Jay Gammons, a onetime security man at a movie studio in Tucson, northwest of here

A fragment of largest shooting star placed in Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 4. This 2,000 pound meteorite, probably a fragment of one of the largest shooting stars which have struck the earth, has been added to the meteorite collection of the Smithsonian Institution. It was found in 1903 near the town of Pearcedale, not far from Melbourne, Australia, the general area of the Cranbourne Meteorite which was discovered in 1854. E.P. Henderson, of the Smithsonian Institution, is pictured inspecting the huge mass, 4-4-39

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Melbourne, Australia. United States Army hospital. Sergeant Alfred Baron, Newark, New Jersey (left) and Technical Sergeant Richard Perry, Mansfield Ohio, in medical store room

New York, New York. Charles Stanislaw and Frances Apadaccini, both blind, dancing at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

Inaugural gown worn by Lady Bird Johnson, one of several First Lady's gowns at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

Star witness before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. Dudley P. Gilbert, New York socialite, who has been financial angel for an undercover nationwide anti-Semitic and anti-communist movement, today told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the American people will 'have to rise under some American officer of the Franco type' if a 'red revolution' is to be averted

Mrs. Paul Henderson - Public domain portrait photograph

Baseballs autographed by six Presidents. 'Big Train's' gift to Baseball Hall of Fame. Washington, D.C., April 29. Walter Johnson's contribution to the National Baseball Museum at Cooperstown, New York, will be these six baseballs autographed by six presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. With the exception of the ones autographed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, the balls are those which were thrown out at opening games pitched by Johnson during his regime as star pitcher for the Washington Senators. The ball autographed by President Hoover was presented to Johnson while he was manager of the Washington team while the one with the signature of Theodore Roosevelt was a special gift to the Big Train

October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Dissenters from whole state, for ending established church, and for institution of religious equality.

Children of Monastir calling at the depot of the A.R.C. set up in an old shelled building for their rations of bread, lard and other foodstuffs sent from the United States to check the starvation in Southern Serbia. Each of the inhabitants is given a two pound loaf of bread, a pound of rice, beans and sugar each week

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with shoulder scales with pearl-handled revolver and saber in front of backdrop showing trees and two Great Star flags]

American war mothers pay tribute to unknown soldier on Mother's Day. Mother's Day in Washington was fittingly observed when the American War Mothers, many of them Gold Star Mothers, journeyed to Arlington National Cemetery where they paid tribute to America's Unknown Soldier. This scene shows Sergeant Frank Witchey, who sounded taps when the Unknown Soldier was buried on November 11, 1921, again sounding taps today after the Mothers had placed wreaths on the tomb

Backs plan for Federal Department of Art, Science, and Literature. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Declaring that no form of subsidy would bring more immediate cultural returns, Blanche Yurka, blonde stage star, today testified before the House Committee on Patents in behalf of the proposed Federal Department of sciences, Art, and Literature. Miss Yurka was one of a group of stage starts, musicians and writers who will come before the committee this week. With Miss Yurka is Frank Gilmore, Director of the Associated Artists and Actors of America

[ Danny Kaye conducting the Melbourne Symphony in rehearsal makes an expressive gesture to the violins]

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