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 »
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Smithsonian Institution Libraries presents Lee Rainie "How to Survive in the New Media Ecology" December 11, 2009 10:00am-11:30pm Smithsonian Ripley Center Lecture Hall, Room 3027 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, more »
Mrs. Lydia Green Abell The Skillful Housewife’s Book: or Complete Guide to Domestic Cookery, Taste, Comfort and Economy, 1853 This frontispiece from Mrs. Lydia Abell's ladies guide, The Skillful Housewife's more »
From Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn… Wishing Sesame Street a Happy 40th Anniversary from the Libraries! Sesame Street characters can be found in several of the pop-up and movable more »
In November of 1922, after eight long years, British archaeologist Howard Carter finally succeeded in finding the 3,000 year old tomb of King Tutankhamen. It took more than a year more »
On this day in 1835 the author, inventor, investor, steamboat captain, social rights advocate and adventurer Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri. Better known by his pen name more »