Samuel P. Langley, third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, began his experiments with flight by designing models powered by rubber bands. He went on to almost beat the Wright Brothers more »
Category: History and Culture
The Lovett Co., Lovett's Guide (1898), Little Silver, NJ The Libraries' trade literature collection is a resource that tells us about commerce in this country, but it is also a more »
Image via Wikipedia . . . so staff at the National Museum of American History Library searched the collections and located a book entitled 50 Years: A Foundation for the more »
As part of the Smithsonian's celebration of Women's History month, many photographs are grouped on Flickr. An image from the Libraries collections by edward Curtis is on display, "Jicarilla Maiden," more »
Levi Strauss, originator of America’s best-known contribution to the fashion industry, was born on February 26 in 1829 in Bavaria, Germany. At the age of 18 he immigrated to New more »
Originally published on the Collections Search Center (SIRIS Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) blog . . . This has been a winter to remember in the Washington, D.C. region. Early February more »