The Libraries has some original Thomas Alva Edison trade literature as well as numerous publications on the enterprising inventor in its collections: Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs A practical guide for more »
Category: History and Culture
Many children in the United States write letters addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole each year. But how many of you have written to scientists living at the more »
The September/October issue of Piecework magazine, which can be found in the National Museum of American History Library, contains several miniature needlework projects that were inspired by the Kruger Collection of more »
The National Museum of American History Library has many books in its collection about that infamous day, December 7, 1941: A date which will live : Pearl Harbor in American more »
Aluminum Ladder Co., Aluminum Ladders, 1939. The Libraries is a big contributor to the Smithsonian Collections Search Center, which is developing into a one-stop-searching center for the public for collections more »
An image from a 1901 seed catalog back cover, featuring some Bronze Turkeys with "1/4 wild blood." These images are also part of the Libraries online exhibition, Seed Catalogs. Happy Thanksgiving more »