Photographs, 1920s-1970s
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Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at [email protected] Table of Contents
Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Descriptive Entry...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... 3 Series 1: BUILDINGS...... 3 Series 2: EVENTS...... 6 Series 3: SPECIAL EXHIBITS...... 10 Series 4: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING...... 14 Series 5: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING, c. 1963-1973...... 16 Series 6: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, SMITHSONIAN AND NATURAL HISTORY BUILDINGS...... 19 Series 7: EXHIBITS, HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING, PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS...... 20 Series 8: EXHIBITS IN STORAGE...... 22 Photographs https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216854
Collection Overview
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected]
Title: Photographs
Identifier: Record Unit 285
Date: 1920s-1970s
Extent: 17.37 cu. ft. (33 document boxes) (1 3x5 box) (2 5x8 boxes)
Creator:: National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
Language: English
Administrative Information
Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director, Photographs
Descriptive Entry
The Offices of the Director and Deputy Director, National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) maintained these photographs as a reference file. The majority of the photographs document the history of NMHT and its predecessors; included are views of exhibits, buildings, events, and some specimens. Some materials date to when the museum was part of the United States National Museum and from when the museum was known as the Museum of History and Technology.
Many of the images in this collection are available online.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Historical museums Museum buildings Museum exhibits Science museums
Types of Materials: Black-and-white photographs Black-and-white transparencies
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Names: Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Office of the Deputy Director United States National Museum
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Container Listing
Series 1: BUILDINGS
Box 1
Box 1 of 36 Folder 1 Arts and Industries Building, Unidentified storage areas
Box 1 of 36 Folder 2 Arts and Industries Building, Flag storage area
Box 1 of 36 Folder 3 Arts and Industries Building, Military storage area
Box 1 of 36 Folder 4 Arts and Industries Building, Political history storage area
Box 1 of 36 Folder 5 Arts and Industries Building, Military History storage area
Box 1 of 36 Folder 6 Arts and Industries Building, Small arms laboratory
Box 1 of 36 Folder 7 Natural History Building, Cultural history storage area
Box 2
History and Technology Building (HTB)
Box 2 of 36 Folder 1 Exterior, models
Box 2 of 36 Folder 2 Exterior, Drawings by Hugh Ferris
Box 2 of 36 Folder 3 Exterior, Drawings by Elliot Glushak
Box 2 of 36 Folder 4 Exterior, Drawings, unidentified
Box 2 of 36 Folder 5 Floor plans
Box 2 of 36 Folder 6 Interior, models
Box 2 of 36 Folder 7 Proposed construction for Bicentennial
Box 2 of 36 Folder 8 Proposed sixth floor addition - Models and drawings
Box 2 of 36 Folder 9 Proposed sixth floor addition - Photographs of library conditions necessitating sixth floor. Includes views of fifth floor library, basement vault,
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Dibner Library, Rare Book Room (Arts and Industries Building), and Joseph Henry Papers (SI Building).
Box 2 of 36 Folder 10 Proposed sixth floor addition - Photographs for budget hearings, 1977
Box 2 of 36 Folder 11 Construction of HTB, undated
Box 2 of 36 Folder 12 Construction of HTB, Test-boring, April 20, 1956
Box 3
Box 3 of 36 Folder 1 Construction, demolition of temporary buildings on site, June 23, 1958
Box 3 of 36 Folder 2 Construction, Excavation, 1958-1959
Box 3 of 36 Folders 3-4 Construction progress, Smithsonian Institution (SI) photographs 1959-1960 - Negatives from folder 4 removed to box 35
Box 4
Box 4 of 36 Folders 1-5 Construction progress, SI photographs, 1961-1962. Negatives from folders 2-3 removed to box 35
Box 5
Box 5 of 36 Folders 1-2 Construction progress, SI photographs, 1962-1963
Box 5 of 36 Folders 3-7 Construction progress, Norair photographs, 1959-1961 - Negatives from folder 5 removed to box 35
Box 6
Box 6 of 36 Folders 1-4 Construction progress, Norair photographs, 1962-1964
Box 6 of 36 Folder 5 Construction progress, Kenyon photographs, 1963
Box 6 of 36 Folder 6 Construction of Railroad Hall and installation of locomotive and tender
Box 7
Box 7 of 36 Folders 1-2 Exterior, c. 1963-1972
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Box 7 of 36 Folder 3 Exterior, Fountains
Box 7 of 36 Folder 4 Exterior, Calder stabile
Box 7 of 36 Folder 5 Exterior, Infinity sculpture. Includes photographs of installation
Box 7 of 36 Folder 6 Exterior, "Three Red Lines" sculpture
Box 8
Box 8 of 36 Folder 1 Interior, general
Box 8 of 36 Folder 2 Interior, Basement, analytical laboratory
Box 8 of 36 Folder 3 Interior, Bookstore
Box 8 of 36 Folders 4-10 Interior, Dibner Library. Includes drawings for proposed display room, 1974; drawings by Paul Takacs, 1974; drawings by Dick Virgo, 1974; photographs of completed space; and photographs of loan items.
Box 8 of 36 Folder 11 Interior, Fire damage, 1971 (?)
Box 8 of 36 Folder 12 Interior, Fire in computer exhibit, October 1971 - Negatives removed to box 35
Box 8 of 36 Folder 13 Interior, Mall entrance
Box 8 of 36 Folders 14-16 Interior, Reception suite. Includes photographs of damage to painting, October 24, 1972; completed space, 1973; and drawings by Paul Takacs of proposed changes, 1974 - Negatives from folder 15 removed to box 35
Box 8 of 36 Folder 17 Interior, Storage areas, work areas, and Library, undated
Box 8 of 36 Folders 18-19 Interior, Cultural history storage
Box 8 of 36 Folder 20 Interior, Mechanical and civil engineering storage
Box 8 of 36 Folder 21 Interior, Musical instruments storage
Box 8 of 36 Folder 22 Interior, Television studio
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Series 2: EVENTS
Box 9
Box 9 of 36 Folder 1 Optical Society reception, undated
Box 9 of 36 Folder 2 Ground-breaking for History and Technology Building, August 22, 1958
Box 9 of 36 Folder 3 Cornerstone-laying for History and Technology Building, May 19, 1961
Box 9 of 36 Folder 4 Presentation of Southern Railway Locomotive, June 27, 1962
Box 9 of 36 Folder 5 Move to History and Technology Building, 1963
Box 9 of 36 Folder 6 Weighing of Hart-Parr tractor and John Bull in Arts and Industries Building prior to move to History and Technology Building
Box 9 of 36 Folder 7 Dedication of History and Technology Building, January 22, 1964
Box 9 of 36 Folders 8-9 Smithson Bicentennial, September 1965
Box 9 of 36 Folder 10 White House tour, 1967
Box 9 of 36 Folder 11 White House tour, April 1968
Box 9 of 36 Folder 12 Charles G. Abbot's 96th birthday, June 4, 1968
Box 9 of 36 Folder 13 Presentation of artificial kidney machine, June 24, 1968
Box 9 of 36 Folder 14 Stahlman presentation of Breeches Bible, October 9, 1968
Box 10
Box 10 of 36 Folder 1 Inaugural reception for Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, January 19, 1969
Box 10 of 36 Folder 2 Inaugural Ball for President Richard M. Nixon, January 20, 1969
Box 10 of 36 Folder 3 Luncheon meeting of the Inter-Association Council of the American Advertising Federation, March 26, 1970
Box 10 of 36 Folder 4 Opening of bookstore, 1972
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Box 10 of 36 Folder 5 Presentation of Draeger Rescue Apparatus, 1972
Box 10 of 36 Folder 6 Opening of Hall of Printing and Graphics Arts, 1972
Box 10 of 36 Folder 7 Retirement party for Philip Bishop, March 17, 1972
Box 10 of 36 Folder 8 Retirement party for John Ford, postal employee, Headsville Post Office, June 1972
Box 10 of 36 Folder 9 Doubleday Lecture by Akio Morita, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 10 Opening of Music Machines exhibit, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 11 Inaugural Ball for Richard M. Nixon, January 20,1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 12 Inaugural Ball, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with chicken, January 20, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 13 Opening of Copernicus exhibit, April 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 14 Bill Smith Bicentennial stamp presentation, September 27, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 15 Retirement party for Daniel Boorstin, October 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 16 Luncheon for Daniel Boorstin, October 1, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 17 Presentation of Downey centennial plate to Silvio Bedini by Congressman Clawson, California, October 9, 1973
Box 10 of 36 Folder 18 Reception for Brooke Hindle, October 25, 1973 (?)
Box 10 of 36 Folder 19 Reception for Chicago Board of Trade, 1974
Box 10 of 36 Folder 20 Dedication of Carmichael auditorium, 1974
Box 10 of 36 Folder 21 Smithsonian Employees, miscellaneous groups
Box 11
Box 11 of 36 Folder 1 Doubleday Lecture by Nelson, March 7, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 2 Movement of John Bull locomotive from Growth of the United States exhibit, June 1974
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Box 11 of 36 Folder 3 Visit of Israeli delegation, September 2-3, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 4 Visit of Apollo-Soyuz astronauts and cosmonauts, September 8, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 5 Opening of Leonardo Madrid Manuscript exhibit, September 30, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 6 Opening of International Postal Union exhibit, October 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folders 7-8 Restoration of mace for House of Representatives, November 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 9 Presentation of Dibner Library, November 25, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 10 Presentation of NMHT marble and silver dollar to Bern Dibner, November 25, 1974
Box 11 of 36 Folder 11 John Nicholas Brown and National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board dinner, May 14, 1975
Box 11 of 36 Folder 12 Visit of Hank Aaron, October 1975 (?)
Box 11 of 36 Folder 13 Going-away party for Monica Longen, November 1975
Box 11 of 36 Folder 14 Making of film on centennial, November-December 1975
Box 11 of 36 Folder 15 Retirement of Daniel Boorstin, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 16 Presentation of boxing gloves by Mohammed Ali, March 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 17 Tour for National Scholarship winners, March 29, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 18 Visit of Prime Minister of Bavaria, April 8, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folders 19-20 Opening of 1876 exhibit, Arts and Industries Building, May 9, 1976 and May 10, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 21 Presentation of gown by First Lady Betty Ford, May 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 22 Opening of Nation of Nations exhibit, June 1976
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Box 11 of 36 Folder 23 Visit of King and Queen of Spain to "Columbus and His Time" exhibit, June 3, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 24 Opening of Leonardo-Windsor exhibit, July 1, 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 25 Retirement of Grace Cooper, August 1976
Box 11 of 36 Folder 26 Alex Haley lecture, "The Black Heritage," April 1977
Box 11 of 36 Folder 27 Opening of Silver Jubilee exhibit, June 14, 1977
Box 11 of 36 Folder 28 Visit of David Shinnick to Silver Jubilee exhibit, June 15, 1977
Box 11 of 36 Folder 29 Unidentified events
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Series 3: SPECIAL EXHIBITS
Box 12
Box 12 of 36 Folder 1 Abandoned Mine Scenes, 1974
Box 12 of 36 Folder 2 America Set to Music, 1974-1975
Box 12 of 36 Folder 3 American Folk Craft Survivals, 1968
Box 12 of 36 Folder 4 America's Forests, 1976
Box 12 of 36 Folders 5-6 Anatomical Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, 1976
Box 12 of 36 Folder 7 Antique Scientific Instruments
Box 12 of 36 Folder 8 Art and Spirit of a People, 1965
Box 12 of 36 Folder 9 Bathrooms in America, 1974
Box 12 of 36 Folder 10 Chaim Goldberg, 1973
Box 12 of 36 Folder 11 A Children's World (Sears Toy Exhibit), 1971
Box 12 of 36 Folder 12 The Coke Push, 1968
Box 12 of 36 Folder 13 Columbus and His Time, 1976
Box 12 of 36 Folder 14 The Commonwealth in Africa and the Caribbean, 1969
Box 13
Box 13 of 36 Folder 1 The Copernican Century, 1973
Box 13 of 36 Folder 2 The Copp Family Textiles, 1968
Box 13 of 36 Folders 3-6 1876, 1976. Includes photographs of installation and Lautman photos.
Box 13 of 36 Folder 7 Federal Science and Engineering, model for exhibit, 1964
Box 13 of 36 Folder 8 General Services Administration exhibit on MHT during construction of new building
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Box 13 of 36 Folder 9 George Washington Carver (exhibit at White House), 1971
Box 13 of 36 Folder 10 Historic Stamps and Postal Documents of the British Commonwealth
Box 13 of 36 Folder 11 Holiday Exhibits, George Washington's Birthday
Box 13 of 36 Folders 12-13 Holiday Exhibits, Washington and Lincoln, 1972-1973
Box 13 of 36 Folder 14 Holiday Exhibits, Leif Ericsson and Christopher Columbus, 1972
Box 14
Box 14 of 36 Folders 1-4 Holiday Exhibits, Christmas, 1971, 1976-1977
Box 14 of 36 Folder 5 Holiday Exhibits, Labor Day, 1972
Box 14 of 36 Folder 6 Human Rights, 1968
Box 14 of 36 Folder 7 Ideas of Richard and Dion Neutra, 1969
Box 14 of 36 Folder 7A Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India
Box 14 of 36 Folder 8 Kiln Club, 1965
Box 14 of 36 Folder 9 Kin and Communities, 1977
Box 14 of 36 Folder 10 Labor Department, 1963
Box 14 of 36 Folder 11 Life Science Radiation, 1966
Box 14 of 36 Folders 12-13 The Madrid Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, 1974. Includes photographs of mounting of manuscripts for the exhibit.
Box 14 of 36 Folder 14 The Madrid Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci at Museum of Natural History
Box 14 of 36 Folder 15 The Malaspina Expedition, 1978
Box 14 of 36 Folder 16 Mall entrance exhibit, 1972
Box 14 of 36 Folder 17 Music Machines-American Style
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Box 14 of 36 Folder 18 Music Making-American Style, 1966-1967
Box 14 of 36 Folders 19-22 A Nation of Nations, 1972-1976. Includes photographs of early concepts, models, installation progress, staging areas.
Box 14 of 36 Folder 23 Person to Person, 1977
Box 14 of 36 Folder 24 Productivity exhibit, 1973
Box 14 of 36 Folder 25 The Quest for the Presidency, 1968
Box 14 of 36 Folder 26 Ride On, 1977
Box 14 of 36 Folder 27 The Right to Vote, 1972
Box 14 of 36 Folder 28 The Roots of California Culture
Box 14 of 36 Folder 29 Rube Goldberg, 1970
Box 14 of 36 Folder 30 Say it Again Sam, 1973
Box 14 of 36 Folder 31 7000 Years of Iranian Art
Box 14 of 36 Folder 32 Shaving Through the Ages, 1973
Box 15
Box 15 of 36 Folders 1-12 Silver Jubilee, 1977. Includes lists of objects; photographs of specimens from NMHT, Bretzfelder, British Embassy, Eisenhower Library, Ford Library, NCFA, Shinnick, Steuben, Windsor Castle, and White House; and press clippings. Negatives removed from folder 1 to box 35
Box 15 of 36 Folder 13 Slovenes in America, 1971
Box 15 of 36 Folder 14 Steuben Glass
Box 15 of 36 Folder 15 Suiting Everyone, 1975
Box 15 of 36 Folder 16 Systems of Stencil Ornament of Louis Sullivan, 1968
Box 15 of 36 Folder 17 Ten Italian Architects, 1969
Box 15 of 36 Folder 18 Tools to Test Psychic Phenomena, 1978
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Box 15 of 36 Folder 19 Townsend Act, 1968-1969
Box 15 of 36 Folder 20 Viceregal Silver from Peru, 1967-1968
Box 15 of 36 Folder 21 Victorian Needlework, 1966-1967
Box 15 of 36 Folder 22 We the People, 1975
Box 15 of 36 Folder 23 Wedgwood Portrait Medallions and First Period Porcelain, 1967
Box 15 of 36 Folder 24 Whatsit Case
Box 15 of 36 Folder 25 White House China, 1975-1976
Box 15 of 36 Folder 26 Women and Politics, 1970
Box 15 of 36 Folder 27 World War I Art, 1967
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Series 4: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING
Box 16
Box 16 of 36 Folders 1-2 Aeronautics. Includes National Air Museum exhibits in South Yard buildings as well as A & I.
Box 16 of 36 Folder 3 Anthropology
Box 16 of 36 Folder 4 Bees
Box 16 of 36 Folder 5 Ceramics and Glass. Includes exhibits of Pell Collection and White House China.
Box 16 of 36 Folder 6 Coins, stamps, and musical instruments
Box 16 of 36 Folder 7 Costumes Includes exhibit of Capp Collection.
Box 16 of 36 Folder 8 Engineering and science
Box 17
Box 17 of 36 Folder 1 First Ladies Hall
Box 17 of 36 Folder 2 Fisheries
Box 17 of 36 Folder 3 Graphic Arts
Box 17 of 36 Folder 4 Mammals
Box 17 of 36 Folder 5 Medical history
Box 17 of 36 Folder 6 Military history
Box 17 of 36 Folder 7 Numismatics
Box 17 of 36 Folder 8 Paleontology
Box 17 of 36 Folder 9 Postal history
Box 17 of 36 Folder 10 Rotunda exhibits. Includes exhibits of U.S. and military history.
Box 17 of 36 Folder 11 Silver
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Box 17 of 36 Folder 12 Small arms
Box 17 of 36 Folder 13 Textiles
Box 18
Box 18 of 36 Folders 1-2 Transportation
Box 18 of 36 Folders 3-5 United States history
Box 18 of 36 Folder 6 Brand Whitlock Collection of medals and decorations
Box 18 of 36 Folder 7 Unidentified
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Series 5: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING, c. 1963-1973
Box 19
First Floor
Box 19 of 36 Folder 1 Agricultural history. Includes photographs of John Dierbeck, Joseph Saunders, Richard Wilder, John Montgomery, and Leonard Ludes with exhibits; of Huber tractor on loading platform; and of installation of exhibit.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 2 Autos and coaches
Box 19 of 36 Folder 3 Computers
Box 19 of 36 Folder 4 Hall of Electricity
Box 19 of 36 Folder 5 Foucault pendulum
Box 19 of 36 Folder 6 Heavy machinery Includes photographs of Benjamin W. Lawless and Harry Harris.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 7 Light machinery Includes photographs of Joseph Saunders, Harry Harris, Myrna Franklin, John Vernon, and Richard Wilder; and of installation of exhibit.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 8 Hall of Medical Sciences
Box 19 of 36 Folder 9 Hall of Nuclear Energy
Box 19 of 36 Folder 10 Hall of Petroleum
Box 19 of 36 Folder 11 Hall of Physical Sciences
Box 19 of 36 Folders 12-14 Post Office Includes photographs of post office as it stood in Headsville, West Virginia, and its dismantlement.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 15 Power Hall
Box 19 of 36 Folder 16 Railroad Hall Includes photographs of John H. White, Mary S. Chroniger, Andrew B. Waynick, John Harden, and Richard S. Minnick.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 17 Textiles
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Box 19 of 36 Folder 18 Hall of Tools Includes photographs of William K. Henson, John Wink, Stanley M. Santoroski, Edward H. White, Harry Hart, Joseph Saunders, John Fling, and Andre Swancy working on exhibits.
Box 19 of 36 Folder 19 Hall of Tunnels and Bridges Includes photographs of exhibit construction.
Box 20
Second Floor
Box 20 of 36 Folder 1 American Costume
Box 20 of 36 Folder 2 Everyday Life in the American Past Includes photographs of J. B. Bynum, John Houser, Charles Rowell, Richard Wilder, Andre Swancy, Rodris Roth, John Anglim working on or inspecting exhibits.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 3 First Ladies Hall. Includes photographs of Mrs. Richard M. Nixon and Sara Taft.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 4 Flag Hall
Box 20 of 36 Folder 5 Folk Art. Includes photographs of individual specimens of Dentzel carousel animals before restoration.
Box 20 of 36 Folders 6-7 Growth of the United States. Includes photographs of Ipswich House before dismantling and ghetto house proposed for exhibit.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 8 Historic Americans Includes photographs of fire damage.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 9 Political History
Box 20 of 36 Folder 10 Statue of George Washington by Greenough
Box 20 of 36 Folder 11 White House China
Third Floor
Box 20 of 36 Folder 12 Armed Forces History
Box 20 of 36 Folder 13 Ceramics Hall
Box 20 of 36 Folder 14 Glass
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Box 20 of 36 Folder 15 Hall of Money and Medals
Box 20 of 36 Folder 16 Hall of Musical Instruments
Box 20 of 36 Folder 17 Hall of News Reporting. Includes photographs of proposed designs.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 18 Ordnance
Box 20 of 36 Folder 19 Philadelphia (gunboat). Includes photographs of installation.
Box 20 of 36 Folder 20 Hall of Philately and Postal History
Box 20 of 36 Folder 21 Hall of Photography
Box 20 of 36 Folder 22 Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts
Box 20 of 36 Folder 23 Underwater Exploration
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Series 6: PERMANENT EXHIBITS, SMITHSONIAN AND NATURAL HISTORY BUILDINGS
Box 20
Box 20 of 36 Folder 24 SI Building, Graphic Arts
Box 20 of 36 Folder 25 SI Building, Smithsonian secretaries
Box 20 of 36 Folder 26 Natural History Building, Military history
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Series 7: EXHIBITS, HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING, PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
Box 21
Box 21 of 36 Folder 1 Agriculture
Box 21 of 36 Folder 2 Armed Forces History
Box 21 of 36 Folder 3 Autos and Coaches. Consists of series of photographs depicting installation of U. S. Mail wagon.
Box 21 of 36 Folder 4 Ceramics
Box 21 of 36 Folder 5 Costume
Box 21 of 36 Folder 6 Electricity
Box 21 of 36 Folder 7 Engineering - Bridges
Box 21 of 36 Folder 8 Engineering - Tunnels
Box 21 of 36 Folder 9 Hall of Everyday Life in the American Past
Box 21 of 36 Folder 10 Flag Hall
Box 21 of 36 Folder 11 Glass
Box 21 of 36 Folder 12 Graphic Arts - Photomechanical processes
Box 21 of 36 Folder 13 Growth of the United States. Includes photographs of construction of water wheel.
Box 21 of 36 Folder 14 Heavy Machinery
Box 21 of 36 Folder 15 Light Machinery
Box 21 of 36 Folder 16 Medicine and Dentistry
Box 21 of 36 Folder 17 Musical Instruments
Box 21 of 36 Folder 18 Numismatics
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Box 21 of 36 Folder 19 Ordnance
Box 22
Box 22 of 36 Folder 1 Pharmacy
Box 22 of 36 Folder 2 Philately
Box 22 of 36 Folder 3 Physics and astronomy
Box 22 of 36 Folder 4 Political history
Box 22 of 36 Folder 5 Railroads
Box 22 of 36 Folder 6 Tools
Box 22 of 36 Folder 7 Underwater Exploration
Box 22 of 36 Folder 8 Watercraft
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Series 8: EXHIBITS IN STORAGE
Box 22
Box 22 of 36 Folder 9 Hall of Everyday Life
Box 22 of 36 Folder 10 Light Machinery Hall
Box 22 of 36 Folder 11 Civil Engineering, bridge section
Box 22 of 36 Folder 12 Tool Hall
Box 22 of 36 Folder 13 American Politics
Box 22 of 36 Folder 14 Ceramics Hall
Box 22 of 36 Folder 15 Glass Hall
Box 23
Box 23 of 36 Folder 1 American Advertising Federation Meeting, March 26, 1970. Negatives removed to box 35
Box 23 of 36 Folder 2 Bookstore Fronts. Negatives removed to box 35
Box 23 of 36 Folder 3 Watercolor on cobweb by Johann Burgmann, c.1810
Box 23 of 36 Folder 4 Oil painting on cobweb by Mrs. James Blunt Clopton, 1938
Box 23 of 36 Folder 5 Deutsches Museum, Munchen
Box 23 of 36 Folder 6 Hugh Ferris drawing of HTB. Negative number SA285-183
Box 23 of 36 Folder 7 Events - Weather Crop exhibit, September 1972
Box 23 of 36 Folder 8 The American Costume Committee, First Ladies Hall, U.S. National Museum, Arts and Industries Building, 1915
Box 23 of 36 Folder 9 Medical Exhibit
Box 23 of 36 Folder 10 Political Library exhibit, Arts and Industries Building
Box 23 of 36 Folder 11 Miscellaneous exhibits, Arts and Industries Building
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Box 23 of 36 Folder 12 Historic Monument, Arts and Industries Building
Box 23 of 36 Folder 13 Exhibit, unidentified
Box 23 of 36 Folder 14 Machinery exhibit. Negatives removed to box 35
Box 23 of 36 Folder 15 Leonardo exhibit. Negative removed to box 35
Box 23 of 36 Folder 16 Exhibits, unidentified
Box 23 of 36 Folder 17 Exhibits - HTB, general (empty)
Box 23 of 36 Folder 18 Permanent exhibits, Mathematics, HTB (empty)
Box 23 of 36 Folder 19 Exhibits. Negatives removed to box 35
Box 23 of 36 Folder 20 Exhibits. Negative number 77,831
Box 23 of 36 Folder 21 Exhibits, Graphic Arts. Negative number 5,353
Box 23 of 36 Folder 22 Music Machines exhibit, concert, May 5, 1973
Box 23 of 36 Folder 23 Heavy Machinery University of Pennsylvania, May 1960
Box 23 of 36 Folder 24 Restoration, unidentified
Box 23 of 36 Folder 25 "1876," Lautman slides
Box 23 of 36 Folder 26 "The Bell's First Note," 1753. Negative number 31581-G
Box 23 of 36 Folder 27 "Bryant Vase," by Tiffany and Company, 1875 Given to William Cullen Bryant
Box 23 of 36 Folder 28 "If We're So Good, Why Aren't We Better," NMHT exhibit
Box 23 of 36 Folder 29 "Life in Colonial Times"
Box 23 of 36 Folder 30 "People of Peoples," proposed exhibit
Box 23 of 36 Folder 31 British - "Silver Jubilee," June 1977
Box 23 of 36 Folder 32 George C. Maynard
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Box 23 of 36 Folder 33 Mall, negative
Box 23 of 36 Folder 34 Historical Military Collection, Arts and Industries Building
Box 23 of 36 Folder 35 Cultural History Collection, Storage unit, Natural History & MHT
Box 23 of 36 Folder 36 Museum of History and Technology, Exterior models, 1964
Box 23 of 36 Folder 37 Negatives found in DDO in November 1975. Source unknown (seem to be of excavation)
Box 23 of 36 Folder 38 MHT, Sixth, floor library plans (from old blueprints)
Box 24
Box 24 of 36 Folder 1 HTB Floor plan. Negative numbers SA 285-187 to 189
Box 24 of 36 Folder 2 Proposed sixth floor addition. Negative numbers SA 285-200-201.
Box 24 of 36 Folder 3 NMHT Basement, fourth and fifth floors. Show staff office placement entered by James H. Jones, c. 1973.
Box 24 of 36 Folder 4 Presentation for budget hearing on sixth floor addition. Negative numbers SA 285-245 to 250.
Box 24 of 36 Folder 5 Miscellaneous negatives related to first press releases of NMHT, 1964
Box 24 of 36 Folder 6 New England, miscellaneous
Box 24 of 36 Folder 7 Objects-of-the-Month, 1978 (?)
Box 24 of 36 Folder 8 Printing Demonstration, Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts, May 1973. Photographs of Stanley Nelson demonstration.
Box 24 of 36 Folder 9 Relics of Washington and other VIP5
Box 24 of 36 Folder 10 Relic, Pocket Slate of Andrew Ellicott, 1791
Box 24 of 36 Folder 11 SI Centennial, slides and negatives
Box 24 of 36 Folder 12 Scientific Instruments, slides
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Box 24 of 36 Folder 13 Scientific Instruments, Franklin's Odometer Gear
Box 24 of 36 Folder 14 Scientific Instruments, Wooden Surveying Compasses
Box 24 of 36 Folder 15 Scientific Instruments, Astronomical survey equipment
Box 24 of 36 Folder 16 Scientific Instruments, Levels, Brass Surveying Compasses
Box 24 of 36 Folder 17 Mr. Ripley, photographs and negatives
Box 24 of 36 Folder 18 Specimens, unidentified
Box 24 of 36 Folder 19 Specimens, Costume
Box 24 of 36 Folder 20 Specimen, Textiles
Box 24 of 36 Folder 21 Stamp and Coin Collections
Box 24 of 36 Folder 22 Tenant House, Second floor storage area, June 20, 1969
Box 24 of 36 Folder 23 Tenant House, Storage area
Box 24 of 36 Folder 24 Memos and Correspondence
Box 24 of 36 Folder 25 House of Representatives Mace
Box 24 of 36 Folder 26 Duplicates
Box 24 of 36 Folder 27 Aeronautics
Box 24 of 36 Folder 28 Joseph Henry
Box 25
Box 25 of 36 Folder 1 Smithsonian Building, exterior. Includes photographs of Arts and Industries Building construction.
Box 25 of 36 Folder 2 Smithsonian Building interior
Box 25 of 36 Folder 3 National Academy of Science at Smithsonian Institution
Box 25 of 36 Folder 4 Secretary Exhibit
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Box 26
Box 26 of 36 Folder 1 Natural History Museum
Box 26 of 36 Folder 2 Armory Building
Box 26 of 36 Folder 3 Old U. S. Patent Office Building
Box 26 of 36 Folder 4 Early Views of Washington
Box 26 of 36 Folder 5 Centennial Exhibit
Box 26 of 36 Folder 6 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, 1893
Box 26 of 36 Folder 7 Cotton States and International Exhibition, Atlanta, 1895
Box 26 of 36 Folder 8 Pan-American Exhibition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 Folder Louisiana Purchase Fair, Saint Louis, 1904
Box 27
Box 27 of 36 Folder 1 U. S., Jamestown Tercentennial, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907
Box 27 of 36 Folder 2 Sesquicentennial Exposition, 1926
Box 27 of 36 Folder 3 Unidentified Fair
Box 27 of 36 Folder 4 Views of Capitol
Box 27 of 36 Folder 5 Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution
Box 27 of 36 Folder 6 Graphic Arts photograph album, in black binder. Topics include Machine Process, Costume and Physics.
Box 28
Box 28 of 36 Folder 1 Negatives for 1959-1963, progress photographs of NMHT construction
Box 29
Box 29 of 36 "1876," Lautman slides
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Box 30
Box 30 of 36 Folder 1 Exhibits - Transportation, slides
Box 30 of 36 Folder 2 Exhibits - Textiles, slides
Box 30 of 36 Folder 3 Exhibits - Postal, slides
Box 30 of 36 Folder 4 Exhibits - Engineering, slides
Box 30 of 36 Folder 5 Exhibits - Special, slides
Box 31
Box 31 of 36 Folder 1 Exhibits in storage, Graphic Arts, machine processes
Box 31 of 36 Folder 2 Exhibits in storage, Costume Hall
Box 31 of 36 Folder 3 Exhibits in storage, Physics Hall
Box 31 of 36 Folder 4 Exhibits in storage, Air Museum
Box 31 of 36 Folder 5 Exhibits in storage, Heavy Machinery Hall
Box 31 of 36 Folder 6 Exhibits in storage, Civil Engineering, tunnels
Box 31 of 36 Folder 7 Exhibits in storage, Hall of Railroads
Box 32
Box 32 of 36 Folders 1-57 Exhibits, HTB, Object-of-the-Month, June -1971 to January- February 1978
Box 33
Specimens
Box 33 of 36 Folder 1 Division of Ceramics and Glass, Glass model of Capitol
Box 33 of 36 Folder 2 Cultural History (?), desk
Box 33 of 36 Folder 3 Cultural History (?), sedan chair
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Box 33 of 36 Folder 4 Cultural History, silver
Box 33 of 36 Folder 5 Cultural History, snuff box
Box 33 of 36 Folder 6 Electricity, Bell telephone transmitter, 1876
Box 33 of 36 Folder 7 Electricity, Laying the Atlantic Cable, 1866
Box 33 of 36 Folder 8 Electricity, Samuel F. B. Morse's first telegraph and type slugs
Box 33 of 36 Folder 9 Electricity, telegraph fire alarm
Box 33 of 36 Folder 10 Graphic Arts, Franklin printing press
Box 33 of 36 Folder 11 Graphic Arts, Horn book
Box 33 of 36 Folder 12 Graphic Arts (?), paintings on cobwebs
Box 33 of 36 Folder 13 Graphic Arts, printing press
Box 33 of 36 Folder 14 Graphic Arts, universal linotype
Box 33 of 36 Folder 15 Graphic Arts, woodblocks
Box 33 of 36 Folder 16 Mathematics, ENIAC
Box 33 of 36 Folder 17 Mathematics, H. H. Goldstine and J. B. Eckert
Box 33 of 36 Folder 18 Mathematics, Leibnitz print
Box 33 of 36 Folder 19 Mathematics, Mathematical instruments
Box 33 of 36 Folder 20 Mathematics, UNIVAC I tape drive
Box 33 of 36 Folder 21 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Corliss engine
Box 33 of 36 Folder 22 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Daniels planer
Box 33 of 36 Folder 23 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Gunstock lathe Replica by Thomas Blanchard c. 1822.
Box 33 of 36 Folder 24 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Leon Scott phonautograph
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Box 33 of 36 Folder 25 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Typewriters
Box 33 of 36 Folder 26 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Thomas Jefferson desk
Box 33 of 36 Folder 27 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Abraham Lincoln busts
Box 33 of 36 Folder 28 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Lincoln Dredge
Box 33 of 36 Folder 29 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Pen used to sign Woman Suffrage Federal Amendment
Box 33 of 36 Folder 30 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Bust of Dr. Physick
Box 33 of 36 Folder 31 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Prints of Washington and Jefferson related items
Box 33 of 36 Folder 32 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Resolute desk
Box 33 of 36 Folder 33 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, George Washington spoon
Box 33 of 36 Folder 34 Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Washington memorabilia in MHT Film Studio, January-February 1976
Box 33 of 36 Folder 35 Postal History
Box 33 of 36 Folder 36 Preindustrial Cultural History, Ripley chair
Box 33 of 36 Folder 37 Textiles, Old sewing machines
Box 33 of 36 Folder 38 Textiles, Spinning wheel
Box 33 of 36 Folder 39 Textiles, Eli Whitney cotton gin model
Box 33 of 36 Folder 40 Division of Transportation
Box 34
Box 34 of 36 Folder 1 Slides
Box 34 of 36 Folder 2 Slides, Exhibits Note: • Division 1 Everyday Life in American Past - Silver • Division 2 Folk Art • Division 3-5 Glass and Ceramics
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• Division 6 Graphic Arts • Division 7 Growth of the U. S. • Division 8 Heavy Machinery • Division 9 Light Machinery • Division 10 Medicine to Military History • Division 11 Music • Division 12 Nuclear Energy to Numismatics • Divisions 13-14 Ordnance • Division 15 Pendulum • Divisions 16-17 Physics • Division 18 Physics to Political History • Divisions 19-20 Postal History
Box 34 of 36 Folders 3-4 Slides Note: • Division 1 Buildings, HTB, construction • Division 2 Buildings, HTB, construction, marble • Division 3 Buildings, HTB, drawings, models • Division 4-5 Buildings, HTB, exterior • Division 6 Buildings, HTB, Flag Hall • Divisions 7-10 Buildings, HTB, Infinity • Division 11 Buildings, Smithson Bicentennial • Division 12 Buildings, Folk Art, shop figures • Division 13 Exhibits, Agriculture to Autos and Coaches • Division 14 Exhibits, Chemistry to Civil Engineering • Divisions 15-16 Costumes • Division 17 Electricity • Divisions 18-20 Everyday Life
Box 34 of 36 Folders 4-7 Slides Note: • Divisions 1-4 MHT, Scientific Instruments, miscellaneous • Divisions 5-20 Sea Coast trip
Box 35
Box 35 of 36 Negatives SA285-1 to 258, and Negatives from other boxes
Box 36
Box 36 of 36 Folder 1 Notation of appointment of Frank Taylor to Museum staff from Museum Doings book
Box 36 of 36 Folder 2 Special projects, Alexandria archeology
Box 36 of 36 Folder 3 Corridor project
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Box 36 of 36 Folder 4 Corridor Project, Waterfront model
Box 36 of 36 Folder 5 Installation of exhibits for opening of MHT
Box 36 of 36 Folder 6 Infinity, construction and installation
Box 36 of 36 Folder 7 Move to HTB, Exhibits installation schedule
Box 36 of 36 Folder 8 MHT, Mall entrance drawings by Steinmann, Cain and White, architects, January 23, 1964
Box 36 of 36 Folder 9 Special projects, unidentified maritime museum
Box 36 of 36 Folder 10 Special project, maritime prints and photographs
Box 36 of 36 Folder 11 Restoration of Dentzel Carousel figures
Box 36 of 36 Folder 12 Publication, Musical Instruments in the Collections of the Smithsonian
Box 36 of 36 Folders 13-14 Restoration of machinery for 1876 exhibit. Includes photographs with Boy Scouts and Bill Henson, September (?) 1975.
Box 36 of 36 Folder 15 Restoration for Graphic Arts Hall, 1972
Box 36 of 36 Folder 16 Restoration of machinery for 1876 exhibit, Silver Hill, July-August 1974
Box 36 of 36 Folder 17 Restoration of First Ladies Gown
Box 36 of 36 Folder 18 Scope of a Technical Museum, chart by Carl Mitman, 1926
Box 36 of 36 Folder 19 Nineteenth century Victorian Bandstand at Soldiers Home, October 1977
Box 36 of 36 Folder 20 Plot location plan for Victorian Bandstand, October 28, 1977
Box 36 of 36 Folder 21 Windows into the American Past - The Kitchen, proposed exhibit
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