Lewton, Frederick L., The Servant in the House: A Brief History of the Sewing Machine, 1930. "Illustration of Singer Sewing Machine Published in 1853." On this day in history—July 17th—the more »
Month: July 2009
Now that it has stopped raining every day, you may want to get out at lunch and explore some gardens. Two garden related events are going on near the National more »
In this day in history—July 15—we commemorate the anniversary of the first flight of the Boeing 707 prototype, nicknamed the "Dash 80," which took place in 1954. Its maiden flight more »
Happy Bastille Day! Lieutenant-colonel (Ninian) Pinkney, Travels through the south of France and in the interior of the provinces of Provence and Languedoc, in the years 1807 and 1808, 1814, more »
L to R: Doug Dunlop, Metadata Services; Keri Thompson, Web Services; Jen Cohlman, Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library Each year at the Smithsonian staff picnic on the National Mall, the Smithsonian more »
L-R: Dr. William Noel, Anne Van Camp (Director, Smithsonian Institution Archives), Nancy Gwinn (Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries), and Marcia Adams (Assistant Director for Technical Services, Smithsonian Institution Libraries) Dr. Noel more »
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes, and a Trip around it. Trans. by Louis Mercier and Eleanor King [De la terre more »