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National Museum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

National Museum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW. AIR VIEW. AT REAR

NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW. AIR VIEW. AT REAR

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National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Teepees at the National Museum of the American Indian, SW, Washington, D.C.

Teepees at the National Museum of the American Indian, SW, Washington,...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Steelyards and scales found at Pompeii, National Museum, Naples, Italy, room of small bronzes

Steelyards and scales found at Pompeii, National Museum, Naples, Italy...

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Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (moved from Virginia, Windsor vicinity, U.S. Route 460), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of Americ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS DC-525-A

Skeleton Room, National Museum, Washington, D.C.

Skeleton Room, National Museum, Washington, D.C.

Exhibition display of animal skeletons in glass cases and hanging from ceiling. 1563 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

NATIONAL MUSEUM. DINOSAUR SKELETON

NATIONAL MUSEUM. DINOSAUR SKELETON

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National Museum, [Washington, D.C.], interior

National Museum, [Washington, D.C.], interior

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Largest perfect sphere of crystal in world now in National Museum. The National Museum in Washington has been presented with a perfect sphere of flawless crystal, believed to be the largest in the world. It is 12 and seve and seven eighths inches in diameter and weighs 106 pounds. Captain George Johnson, of the museum guards, is shown in photograph

Largest perfect sphere of crystal in world now in National Museum. The...

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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

[National Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.

[National Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany] view, photochrome print po...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "17133". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum complex's first building when it was simply called the "National Museum." Washington, D.C.

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum co...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas

The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas

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Steelyards and scales found at Pompeii, National Museum, Naples, Italy, room of small bronzes

Steelyards and scales found at Pompeii, National Museum, Naples, Italy...

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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

New National Museum [of Natural History] and Gallery, Washington, D.C.

New National Museum [of Natural History] and Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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Roosevelt Collection at National Museum

Roosevelt Collection at National Museum

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The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum

The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a ston...

William H. Egberts examining trepanned skulls in the anthropology laboratory at the National Museum. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: vol. 2, p. 11, no. 39552.

Smithsonian Insitution "Castle," its first building on the National Mall when the institution was simply called the "National Museum." Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Insitution "Castle," its first building on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

NATIONAL MUSEUM - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

NATIONAL MUSEUM - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW. AIRVIEW. AT REAR

NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW. AIRVIEW. AT REAR

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Studies little mollusca. Dr. Paul Bartsch of the National Museum studies mollusk specimens from the Mississippi river in connection with experiments being conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries. These shellfish are little fellows in their infancy. One of the tubes held by Dr. Bartsch holds 1,265,920 specimens, taking up three-fourths of a cubic inch of space, while the other contains 568,000 specimens. 12/22/30

Studies little mollusca. Dr. Paul Bartsch of the National Museum studi...

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Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Elizabeth A. Kasser wing of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth A. Kasser wing of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. In 1997, before the opening of this wing, the temporary... More

Norman Ross of the division of Paleontology, National Museum, preparing the skeleton of a baby dinosaur some seven or eight million years old for exhibition

Norman Ross of the division of Paleontology, National Museum, preparin...

Fossil found in Montana. No. 5955. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

An Aztec calendar in Aztec Calendar Park on Myrtle Avenue in downtown El Paso, Texas. It is a replica of the original in the National Museum of Mexico in Mexico City

An Aztec calendar in Aztec Calendar Park on Myrtle Avenue in downtown ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

[Miss Grace Stockman with President Andrew Jackson's dueling pistols, at the National Museum]

[Miss Grace Stockman with President Andrew Jackson's dueling pistols, ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"America's typical boy" has birdhouse exhibit in Washington. Barrett of Farmingham, Massachusetts., who was selected [...] artist Alberto Barretto as the American boy, is now exhibiting his skill [...] of birdhouses at the National museum in the Capital, 3/3/28

"America's typical boy" has birdhouse exhibit in Washington. Barrett o...

A young boy holding a birdhouse in his hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

National Museum of Women in the Arts building, New York Avenue, Washington, D.C.

National Museum of Women in the Arts building, New York Avenue, Washin...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Teepees at the National Museum of the American Indian, SW, Washington, D.C.

Teepees at the National Museum of the American Indian, SW, Washington,...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Division of Paleontology of National Museum, [7/24/25]

Division of Paleontology of National Museum, [7/24/25]

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White House gold piano replaced with new instrument. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. The gold piano which has occupied its place in the east room of the White House for years is to be replaced with a new one. It is the gift of Theodore Steinway. The old one will be placed in the National Museum. Mr. Steinway's gift, which was played by Josef Hofmann at the acceptance ceremony, is of maple, decorated in gold, with legs in the shape of eagles, 12/10/38

White House gold piano replaced with new instrument. Washington, D.C.,...

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Dinosaur bones, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Dinosaur bones, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The elephant at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

The elephant at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Wa...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The African elephant was fifty years old when it died i... More

Exhibit hallway at the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Exhibit hallway at the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D....

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Division of Paleontology of National Museum, 7/24/25

Division of Paleontology of National Museum, 7/24/25

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[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Institute (Institution), Washington, D.C.]

[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Instit...

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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Opening of the Grand Ball in the new building of the National Museum - The inauguration of Pres. Garfield

Opening of the Grand Ball in the new building of the National Museum -...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 52, no. 1329 (1881 Mar. 19), p. 52.

Statue of Liberty, National Museum, [Washington, D.C.]

Statue of Liberty, National Museum, [Washington, D.C.]

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Roosevelt Collection at National Museum
Women's Industrial Conference, New National Museum, Washington, D.C., Jan. 18 to 21, 1926

Women's Industrial Conference, New National Museum, Washington, D.C., ...

Photographer's address: 1304 F Street, Wash., DC. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

[Wittelsbacher Hof, National Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany]

[Wittelsbacher Hof, National Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "17660". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

SILK WORMS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

SILK WORMS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

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[Joseph W. Schollick, osteologist at the National Museum, with animal heads]

[Joseph W. Schollick, osteologist at the National Museum, with animal ...

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The Division of Womens and Professional Projects of the Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of the skills of the unemployed on non-manual projects National Museum, 10th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

The Division of Womens and Professional Projects of the Works Progress...

Poster for exhibition of works by unemployed persons at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., showing stylized eagle. Date stamped on verso: Jan 25 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libra... More

See how WPA welfare services protect Americans Exhibition National Museum / / galic.

See how WPA welfare services protect Americans Exhibition National Mus...

Poster for exhibition of WPA welfare services; text in red, white and blue.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum complex's first building when it was simply called the "National Museum." Washington, D.C.

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum co...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Elizabeth A. Kasser wing of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth A. Kasser wing of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, ...

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[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Institute (Institution), Washington, D.C.]

[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Instit...

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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Munich. National Museum - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Munich. National Museum - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Facade of the Bavarian National Museum. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and ... More

National Museum, Washington, D.C.

National Museum, Washington, D.C.

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[Front view of the National Museum (now the Museum of Natural History), Washington, D.C.]

[Front view of the National Museum (now the Museum of Natural History)...

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[Paul E. Garber of the Construction Department of the National Museum with ship model]

[Paul E. Garber of the Construction Department of the National Museum ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Museum, [Washington, D.C.]

National Museum, [Washington, D.C.]

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[George P. Merrill, head curator of the National Museum, with the largest perfect crystal globe in the world, Washington, D.C.]

[George P. Merrill, head curator of the National Museum, with the larg...

A man in a suit and tie holding a ball. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Emperor Titus, National Museum, Naples, Italy

The Emperor Titus, National Museum, Naples, Italy

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Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Ma...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum complex's first building when it was simply called the "National Museum." Washington, D.C.

Springtime view of the Smithsonian Institution "Castle," the museum co...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Artist from South Africa poses against her art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Artist from South Africa poses against her art at the National Museum ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (moved from Virginia, Windsor vicinity, U.S. Route 460), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of Americ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS DC-525-A

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.

Inaugural gown worn by Lady Bird Johnson, one of several First Lady's ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Museum of American Art, gallery plan.

National Museum of American Art, gallery plan.

Bird's-eye views of 3 floorplans. At upper left: 150 Smithsonian, 1846-1996. Includes notes, index to points of interest, and ill. Text and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

Ancient pottery, National Museum

Ancient pottery, National Museum

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SILK WORMS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. HELEN STUART

SILK WORMS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. HELEN STUART

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[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Institute (Institution), Washington, D.C.]

[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Instit...

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[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Institute (Institution), Washington, D.C.]

[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Instit...

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New National Museum [of Natural History] and Gallery, Washington, D.C.

New National Museum [of Natural History] and Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New National Museum of Natural History & gallery, Washington, D.C.]

[New National Museum of Natural History & gallery, Washington, D.C.]

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Airplane exhibit at National Museum. View of airplanes on display

Airplane exhibit at National Museum. View of airplanes on display

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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

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Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (moved from Virginia, Windsor vicinity, U.S. Route 460), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of Americ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS DC-525-A

Classical Greek art illustrated in photographs by Greek photographer. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. A showing of photographs is now being held at the Greek Legation by Madame [...]lly's of Greece. Her studies may be appreciated [...] patrons of the Greek Classics due to the fine detail shown in her photographs, some of which have never been photographed before. In this picture she is shown with a few of her studies - left to right: Hermes of Praxiteles, from the Museum of Olympia; the Parthenon, photographed [...] the Propylaea and Core, from the National Museum in Athens

Classical Greek art illustrated in photographs by Greek photographer. ...

A woman holding a camera in front of a wall with pictures on it. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (moved from Virginia, Windsor vicinity, U.S. Route 460), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Captain Henry Saunders House, Virginia Room, National Museum of Americ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS DC-525-A

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

A group of people standing around a giraffe, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in s... More

Old National Museum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Old National Museum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, on the National Mall, Wash...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

George Marshall, dean of the taxidermists at the National Museum, photographed with some of the historic White House trophies which he is at present renovating

George Marshall, dean of the taxidermists at the National Museum, phot...

Caption continues: Mr. Marshall has been employed at the museum for forty-five years. In album: 1 May 1923 to 31 May 1923, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 10, no. 24034. Forms part of: Natio... More

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

NATIONAL MUSEUM. EUROPEAN COOKOO

NATIONAL MUSEUM. EUROPEAN COOKOO

A black and white photo of a bird on a branch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, on the Natio...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The HA-19, also known as Japanese Midget Submarine "C" by the US Navy, a historic Imperial Japanese Navy Type A Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine displayed at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas

The HA-19, also known as Japanese Midget Submarine "C" by the US Navy,...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Model for silver anniversary of commercial aviation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. New Years Day will mark the 25th anniversary of commercial aviation. The first passenger air line was established between St. Petersburg, and Tampa, Fla. with Tony Jannus, a Washington, D.C., boy, piloting the plane. Paul E. Garber of the U.S. National Museum has secured this model of the original Benoist plane, which was used on the first flight, for the national Aircraft Collection of which he has charge. The model will be formally presented to the museum by officials of the state of Florida at the Annual Convention of the National Aeronautic Association Jan. 15-17 at ST. Louis, the city where the original plane was manufacture red, 12/29/38

Model for silver anniversary of commercial aviation. Washington, D.C.,...

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Mulliken-Spragins Tenant House, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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