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Washington. Smithsonian Institution view, photochrome print postcard.

Washington. Smithsonian Institution view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Smithsonian Institution. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53246". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochro... More

[Exhibit of early aircraft, probably at Smithsonian Institution]

[Exhibit of early aircraft, probably at Smithsonian Institution]

Airplanes are seen indoors, in hangar-like structure. No. 7832. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Smithsonian Institution Building. Costumes of presidents' wives exhibit, Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution Building. Costumes of presidents' wives exhibi...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at the Smithsonian Institution, Wash., being operated by Carl Mitman. The electro magnets do all the work. The current necessary to operate these magnets is supplied by 32 dry batteries located in the box at the left. The motor generator is along side. This machine is capable of operating 50 telephones

Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at t...

A man standing in front of a machine, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Gi... More

Chas. H. Gilmore, Curator, Smithsonian Institution, 7/18/24

Chas. H. Gilmore, Curator, Smithsonian Institution, 7/18/24

A black and white photo of a man in a tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Towers of Smithsonian Institution Building through archway of Freer Gallery

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Towers of Smithsonian Institution B...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building II

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building IV

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building IV

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Nat...

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

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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 Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

[Washington from Smithsonian Institute (Institution) castle, Washington, D.C.]

[Washington from Smithsonian Institute (Institution) castle, Washingto...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... 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

Adobe Structure (Temporary), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Adobe Structure (Temporary), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-855 Building/structure dates: 2004 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 2004 Demolished

Adobe Structure (Temporary), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Adobe Structure (Temporary), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-855 Building/structure dates: 2004 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 2004 Demolished

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

[Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

[Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

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

WOOD, N.R. OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MOUNTING BIRDS

WOOD, N.R. OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MOUNTING BIRDS

A man sitting at a table with a bird on top of it, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 195... More

WOOD, N.R. OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MOUNTING BIRDS

WOOD, N.R. OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MOUNTING BIRDS

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Freer Gallery I

Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Freer Gallery I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Freer Gallery

Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Exterior of Freer Gallery

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution Building. Costumes of presidents' wives exhibit, Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution Building. Costumes of presidents' wives exhibi...

Public domain photograph of history of technology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

Sculpture of French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac by Auguste Rodin on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn modern-art museum, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture of French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac by August...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of French sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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

Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Nat...

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

General Correspondence:  Smithsonian Institution, 1913

General Correspondence: Smithsonian Institution, 1913

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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 & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File:  Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Photographs, 1914-1915, undated

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., north front, June 1862 (Andrew J. Russel)

Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., north front, June 1862 (Andre...

Photograph shows a view of the Smithsonian Institution from below a field of wildflowers. Seven men face the building. No. 270.

Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX

Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA...

Significance: The Orbiter Discovery, OV-103, is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program (1969-2011) under Criterion A ... 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

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsyl...

Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick... More

The Smithsonian Institution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The Smithsonian Institution. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Engraving showing people standing in groups on the lawn and sidewalks at the front entrance to the Smithsonian Institute.

[Electromagnetism described and illustrated (with horseshoe magnet, rod, and bell) on a page from the Annual report by the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution]

[Electromagnetism described and illustrated (with horseshoe magnet, ro...

Illus. in: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...for the year 1857. Washington : The Institution, 1858, p. 105. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western... More

Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the Smithsonian Institution building from the northeast with spectators in the driveway and seated on the grass. Photograph taken before Jan. 1865 when a major fire destroyed parts of the buil... More

Burning of the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, January 24, 1865 / sketched by Philip Wharton.

Burning of the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, January 24, 1865 /...

Wood engraving showing the Smithsonian Institution engulfed in flames. Wood engraving after Philip Wharton. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Feb. 11, 1865, p. 94. Reference copy filed in LOT 4386-48.

'Tomato Can' radio microphone presented to Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The 'Tomato Can' radio microphone which was used to broadcast the Harding-Cox election returns on November 2, 1920, is one of a series of historic microphone presented recently to the Smithsonian Institution. The 'Tomato Can' is the actual instrument used in the broadcast from station KDKA, Pittsburgh, which is generally considered the first announced broadcast and the world's beginning of broadcasting. Fred C. Reed, Senior Scientific Aide at the Smithsonian, is pictured with the historic mike, 10/28/38

'Tomato Can' radio microphone presented to Smithsonian Institution. Wa...

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U.S. on war path against wolves. Washington, D.C., April 29. It may be that dead men tell no tales but the bones of dead wolves are tell-tales of the past and future of these 'bad actors' in preying upon domestic animals in western states. Stanley P. Young, left, is making joint scientific studies with the biological survey and the Smithsonian Institution in analyzing the skulls and other bones of wolves as a character study that may lessen their depredations of livestock in the west. This study may be said to be a new bit of scientific research

U.S. on war path against wolves. Washington, D.C., April 29. It may be...

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Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building I

Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building I

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Smithsonian Institution Building. Spirit of St. Louis exhibit, Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution Building. Spirit of St. Louis exhibit, Smithso...

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Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum II

Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum II

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Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum I

Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum I

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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

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