NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH "Entertainment Nation”/”Nación del espectáculo” Ray and Dagmar Dolby Hall of American Culture ...

An immense clock, 13 feet tall, towers over visitors to the American Democracy exhibition in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. More striking than its size, though, are its ...

The First Ladies explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential administrations ...

Obverse Image: Bust of Benjamin Franklin, left. Reverse Text: REWARD OF SKILL AND INGENUITY / PRESENTED TO THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM IN COMMEMORATION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES IN ELECTRICITY.

See more items in: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tobacco Trade and Industry, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tobacco Trade and Industry / ...

Buck Wilson and his Rangers. side 1: The Lonsome Trail; side 2: They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree (Diva 3142-G) 78 rpm. Buck Wilson and his Rangers is a pseudonym on Diva for Eddie Younger and his ...

Obverse Text: MOBILE SAVINGS BANK / PAY THE BEARER TEN CENTS IN CURRENT FUNDS, WHEN THE AMOUNT IS FIVE DOLLARS OR ITS MULTIPLE / CITY OF MOBILE / X / SEPTR. 1861. / CITY OF MOBILE / AGRICULTURE & ...

The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans, maintained by the History of Technology Division of the National Museum of American History, is a valuable resource for the maritime historian, the ...

Matrix band retainer in a cardboard box with a “BEN F. TOFFLEMIRE, D.D.S. / LAFAYETTE, CALIF.” inscription. Benjamin Franklin Tofflemire (1896-1983), a graduate of the University of California, San ...

Analytical balance in a wood case with glass sides and top. The beam is notched and made of an aluminum alloy. The inscription on the ivory scale reads “WM AINSWORTH & SONS INC. / DENVER, COLO. MADE ...

Catcher's mask worn by Thurman Munson. In a career shortened by tragedy, New York Yankee catcher Thurman Munson (1947-1979) achieved more than most who ever played the game. Named American League ...

Althea Gibson (1927-2003) used this racquet when winning the woman's singles title at Wimbeldon in 1958. Gibson was the first African-American to play in, and win, Wimbledon. She hoisted the ...