Chas. H. Gilmore, Curator, Smithsonian Institution, 7/18/24
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Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building II
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Hit Townsend pension plan. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Dr. Harold G. Mo...
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Entrance to the town pier before the arrival of the Boston boat. The p...
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New York, New York. Blind men working on boxes for Elizabeth Arden cos...
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New York, New York. Miss Louise Kintner, head of the Public Relations ...
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Springfield Institution for Savings, Springfield, Massachusetts. Telle...
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Springfield Institution for Savings, Springfield, Massachusetts. Elm S...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Nat...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dati...
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Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Dri...
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![[Washington from Smithsonian Institute (Institution) castle, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1mcm9tLXNtaXRoc29uaWFuLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1pbnN0aXR1dGlvbi1jYXN0bGUtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy00LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Washington from Smithsonian Institute (Institution) castle, Washington, D.C.]")
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Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, 15 South Main Street, Salt ...
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Thirty years a slave. From bondage to freedom. The institution of slav...
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Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
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Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind, Vinton, Benton County...
Significance: After the University of Iowa, the Iowa institution for the Education of the Blind is the oldest state educational institution in Iowa. Its main building is the oldest of those of any state "chari... More
Sunday as a civil institution - Rare book, public domain, Library of C...
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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, S...
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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, S...
Significance: The Mulliken-Spragins tenant house is typical of late nineteenth-century buildings constructed by Maryland Planters for Tenant farmers. The house utilized heavy hewn timers salvaged from and olde... More
The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's grandest, la...
Poster showing elephants and animals in cages. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. Caption reads: Sectional view of the great double menagerie showing the enormous herd of 24 performing elephants and rare wild beasts.
Installation dinner, at the Institution of the Most Illustrious Order ...
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America's lost link found. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Dr. Julian H. St...
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WOOD, N.R. OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MOUNTING BIRDS
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Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building II...
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Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. On...
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Chicago public library week--March 30 - April 5 The public library--an...
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Radio waves high flyers, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Experiments conduct...
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![Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvYm94ZXMtcGxhY2VkLWluLXNtaXRoc29uaWFuLWluLTE4ODEtYnktdGVsZXBob25lLWludmVudG9yLW9wZW5lZC1mb3ItZmlyc3QtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37")
Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...
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Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Smithsonian Institution Building ...
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New York, New York. Miss Bloomfield, a saleslady in the Lighthouse sto...
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New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an...
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New York, New York. Grace Vasques narrowing pillow cases at the Lighth...
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Springfield Institution for Savings, Springfield, Massachusetts. Side ...
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Springfield Institution for Savings, Springfield, Massachusetts. Plant...
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National Zoo, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Asian Art of the Smithsonian Institution o...
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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
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Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Nat...
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Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Nat...
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Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Dri...
Contains displays from Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Significance: One of the best remaining examples of nineteenth century "exposition" architecture in the United States, the Arts and Industries ... More
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, 15 South Main Street, Salt ...
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Up-and-Down Sawmill, (moved to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC...
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Up-and-Down Sawmill, (moved to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC...
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Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...
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Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind, Vinton, Benton County...
Significance: After the University of Iowa, the Iowa institution for the Education of the Blind is the oldest state educational institution in Iowa. Its main building is the oldest of those of any state "chari... More
The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth, the world's grandest, larg...
The Flying Dillons on globe with wings and other trapeze artists performing. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.
Named Supt. of new reformatory for women. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. M...
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Royal National Life-boat Institution, Heywood Branch, Flag days, Frida...
Poster showing a lifeboat at the scene of a foundering ship.
Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Freer Gallery II
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Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Museum of Natural History from acro...
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Carnegie Institution. Atom bursting building and equipment on 16th St....
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Smithsonian Institution interiors. Spirit of St. Louis in the Smithson...
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New York, New York. Alex Machginsky weaving a waste paper basket at th...
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New York, New York. Making brooms for the Army and Navy at the Lightho...
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Springfield Institution for Savings, Springfield, Massachusetts. Presi...
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New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Institu...
Title from jacket. On the Mall; Arts and Industries Building at left; Smithsonian Institution castle in left center negative. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-19292, 19293,... More