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" An' .... Wal, he up an' kist her.", Plate V, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 12.4 x 11.5 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-e
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq462999a83-6e30-44a8-a89c-7951ae6ec5c0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-e

""L'homme oiseau"." ["The bird man".], Guinée

Extent:
1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)
Container:
Binder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Guinea
Scope and Contents:
République de GUINEE[,] "L'homme oiseau".. Photographed by ONACIG - Corporate Entity. Published by
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1260
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Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Guinea
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo788a7b594-6ec4-4470-953e-47c4d60587b6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref2550

"'And you are sure to be an old man's darling.' Copyright 1897 by Strohmeyer & Wyman." [on negative] 24450 Photonegative

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
2 pieces (5" x 7")
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Date:
1897
Local Numbers:
RSN 17168
General:
Frames in separate envelopes
Currently stored in box 3.1.61 [125], moved from [107]
Copy and Version Identification Note:
3404
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Fortune telling  Search this
Palmreading  Search this
Love  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 17137-17204
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c7f24d07-08f3-43a5-b09b-b87341706f04
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref13602

"'Ape-like' Neanderthal Man" (Miller, Gerrit)

Collection Creator:
Spencer, Frank, 1941-1999  Search this
Langham, Ian, 1942-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 38
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1938
undated
Collection Restrictions:
To protect the privacy of individuals, some materials have been separated and access to them has been restricted.

Access to the Frank Spencer papers requires and appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Frank Spencer papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Frank Spencer Papers
Frank Spencer Papers / Series 7: Subject Files
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32df8afa7-75ef-49b5-9e75-ddeb91ef3013
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-2002-21-ref782

"'Our own correspondent' in the lava beds"

Creator:
Muybridge, Eadweard J. (San Francisco, California)  Search this
Publisher:
Bradley and Rulofson  Search this
Collection Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (7 x 3.5 in.)
Culture:
Modoc Indians -- War of 1873  Search this
Modoc -- Modoc War  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Scope and Contents:
The item is number 1631 of the series The Modoc War. Two men on guard duty are encircled by a stone wall. Next to them is the correspondent, who be Muybridge himself.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09891400
Other Title:
The Modoc War
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Modoc Indians -- War of 1873  Search this
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e3a02d3a-ae7b-4d59-9516-e4b13e31b4f3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref1216

"...For the People": The Presidential Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:55:02 +0000
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_6003b23cfaf4f5f7a77e88ccb3f2034a

"...for I say at the core of democracy, finally, is the religious element. All the religions, old and new, are there."--Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Anton Refregier, born Moscow, Russia 1905-died Moscow, Russia 1979  Search this
Medium:
gouache on prepared fiberboard
Dimensions:
26 x 22 in. (66.1 x 56.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1957
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Allegory\religion  Search this
Literature\Bible  Search this
Allegory\civic\democracy  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.248
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7406003a0-4c81-4283-87b6-01e32a24ed48
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.248

"...for War Horses and Cannon Carriage to make them Invisible", study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Artist:
Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921  Search this
Medium:
various media and collage on paperboard
Dimensions:
closed: approx. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Type:
Other
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Study  Search this
Animal\horse  Search this
Landscape\Africa  Search this
Occupation\military\officer  Search this
Object\weapon\cannon  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Object number:
1950.2.76
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75e135402-e4e4-4bc4-9a66-cd52af0f2c2d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1950.2.76

"10 Free Hours!" Marketing and the World Wide Web in the 1990s

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Interviews
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 24 May 2019 20:04:22 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_a85a50eea8a7ff530b83185aa954e46d

"100 per cent perfect" man succumbs to Dan Cupid. [photonegative]

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (4" x 5".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Boston (Mass.) -- 1920-1930
Massachusetts
Walkins, John J.
Date:
06/04/1926
Scope and Contents:
Caption: "Boston, Mass - Photoshows:- John J. Walkins, Boston traffic officer, known as the '100 per cent perfect man', who is to be married to Miss Josephine Mae Wood of Everett, Mass., after a courtship of five years, which began when Officer Walkins helped Miss Wood during a traffic tie-up, by walking her across the street."
Local Numbers:
RSN 18581

Video number 17892
General:
Company catalog card included.
U&U caption in file box: 2030-A204.
Currently stored in box 3.1.71 [227B].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Police -- Massachusetts  Search this
Portraits -- Massachusetts  Search this
Traffic -- Massachusetts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1920-1930 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass.
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 18538-18639
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c291e5a2-c075-4b3a-ac64-45a1bc51cf04
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref14999

"100-Man Station in Space Favored by NASA Planners" (Frank McComber, San Diego Union (9 Mar 1969) : A-20)

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 216, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 4: Reference Files / Space Habitation and Human Factors / Miscellaneous Reference Materials / 1969
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg294ad6e98-2c45-40bf-b002-0250882b2271
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref3903

"12-Man Space Station Preliminary Weight Statement (Configuration 2)" (L. A. Duffey to R. W. Westrup, NR Internal Letter WS/69/35, 18 Apr 1969)

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 209, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 4: Reference Files / Space Habitation and Human Factors / Studies and Projects / Space Station Program Definition (NASA contract NAS9-9953)
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ef54c26f-d2cb-4c8e-9a48-1c35eef03640
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref3789

"1778-1943 Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty" Poster

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm
Object Name:
poster
Other Terms:
poster; Owi
Used:
United States
Date made:
1943
Associated date:
1941 - 1945
Related event:
World War II  Search this
American Revolution  Search this
The Great Depression and World War II  Search this
Credit Line:
Eugene A. Tilleaux
ID Number:
AF.56184
Catalog number:
56184
Accession number:
199084
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Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Art
ThinkFinity
Exhibition:
Price of Freedom
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6f43-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_443931

"1912. / Charles P. Steinmetz and ...Edison (Man at right unknown)" (from copy neg.). Pencil on verso: 63119

Collection Creator:
ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc.  Search this
Keystone View Company  Search this
Shinn, Walter Scott  Search this
Underwood & Underwood, Inc.  Search this
Fotograms (New York (N.Y.)  Search this
International Newsreel Corp (New York (N.Y.)  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 25
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Most images probably public domain due to expired copyrights.
Collection Citation:
Edison Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Thomas Alva Edison Photoprints
Thomas Alva Edison Photoprints / Series 1: Silver Gelatin Prints / 1.1: Item list with transcriptions of pasted captions
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep839129f2b-55b4-4660-ba7e-5682c2d30e40
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0299-ref40

"1990 A.D. and Man's Flight to the Planets" (extract from Exploring the Planets, circa 1969)

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 19, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 1: Writings, Lectures, Appearances / 1969
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2cac5eb74-645c-40e1-af69-b0188fa5d59a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref193

"1st Manned Space Flight: Talk at S.D. Aerospace Museum Docent Meeting."

Collection Creator:
McKay, Jean Kathleen Trainum, 1924-2016.  Search this
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Whirlpool Corporation  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
First-person narrative of Captain Jean McKay describing her experience before the launch of Project Mercury in May 1961. Undated speech in an embossed report cover, presented to the San Diego Air and Space Museum [formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum].
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Mercury Project Dietary and Nutritional Guidelines [McKay], Acc. NASM.2017.0028, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Mercury Project Dietary and Nutritional Guidelines [McKay]
Mercury Project Dietary and Nutritional Guidelines [McKay] / Reports, papers, and speeches
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg239cd2ada-f878-4841-90de-c1026a1927ae
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2017-0028-ref4

"1st refreshment stand" in Rockies

Physical Description:
glass plate (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 5 in x 4 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
glass plate negative
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Subject:
National Parks  Search this
Rocky Mountains  Search this
Men  Search this
wilderness  Search this
ID Number:
PG.67.88.00539
Publisher number:
71358
Catalog number:
67.88.00539
Accession number:
270586
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-abaf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_756020

"2012 Happy New Year!" holiday card

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
card: 4 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 17.4625 cm
Object Name:
photographic holiday card
envelope
Date made:
2011
Subject:
Holidays and Celebrations, general  Search this
Christmas  Search this
Children  Search this
Birthdays, General  Search this
Men  Search this
Women  Search this
ID Number:
2017.0145.0058
Catalog number:
2017.0145.0058
Accession number:
2017.0145
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a9be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1864343

"2012 Is about to take off" holiday card

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 5 in x 6 7/8 in; 12.7 cm x 17.4625 cm
Object Name:
photographic holiday card
Date made:
2011
Subject:
Holidays and Celebrations, general  Search this
Children  Search this
Travel  Search this
Men  Search this
Women  Search this
Archery  Search this
Planes  Search this
ID Number:
2017.0145.0020
Catalog number:
2017.0145.0020
Accession number:
2017.0145
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Photographic History
Sports & Leisure
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a8c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1864302

"3 piece country band" - National Broadcasting Company

Physical Description:
glass plate (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 5 in x 4 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
glass plate negative
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Subject:
Men  Search this
Radio  Search this
ID Number:
PG.67.88.00566
Catalog number:
67.88.00566
Publisher number:
Ch501171
Accession number:
270586
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Photographic History
Music & Musical Instruments
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8123-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_756048

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