Hopefully this Wild Goose (or Oie Sauvage) won't get too wild . . .—Elizabeth Periale François-Nicolas Martinet,Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] [Ornithology], 1773-1792, more »
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Christiaan Huygens, Systema Saturnium; sive, De Causis Mirandorum Saturni Phænomenôn, et Comite ejus Planeta Nova [Saturnian system], 1659, Schematic of Saturn's rings From digital collection, Christiaan Huygens Systema Saturnium —Elizabeth more »
Take a break from the holiday hubbub and visit your National Zoological Park just off Connecticut Avenue, in northwest Washington. The daily programs don’t stop, most buildings and exhibits are more »
And a partridge in a . . . lily. Happy second day of Christmas!—Elizabeth Periale Top: François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] more »
From Harper's Weekly, 1869 (and The Smithsonian Libraries, 2009!)—Elizabeth Periale
Harper's Weekly, 1867, Santa Claus. An Early Christmas Call It's Christmas Eve!—Elizabeth Periale
Garrison-Wagner Company, Christmas Displays, 1955 The most famous version of the seasonal classic, White Christmas, is by of course, Bing Crosby. The Libraries has a few books on Der Bingle more »