Smithsonian Exhibit at the 1888 Cincinnati, Ohio, Exposition
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Exhibit at the 1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States in Cincinnati, Ohio. The sign on the long, low exhibit case in the middle of the photogra... More
Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Description: At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. A view of the reflecting pool traversed by several bridges and several Exposition buildings. The large dome of one of the buildings is visible i... More
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979)
Subject: Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne 1900-. Harvard College Observatory..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Astrophysics. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1327]..Summary: Cec... More
USS Houston, 1938. Warship photograph collection
Creator: Waldo Schmitt..Local number: SIA2011-2234..Summary: Smithsonian staff were aboard the USS Houston during the Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential Cruise of 1938...Dates: 1938..Collection: RU 007231 Wal... More
Carolina Amor de Fournier, scientist
Description: Carolina Amor de Fournier was associated with the Mexican journal La Prensa Médica Mexicana and was editor of Hummingbirds and Orchids of Mexico (1963)...Creator/Photographer: Watson Davis..Medium:... More
Barbara Kegerreis Lunde (b. 1937)
Subject: Lunde, Barbara Kegerreis b. 1937. Goddard Space Flight Center. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1964..Topic: Aerospace engineering. Women engineers..Local n... More
Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor, scientist
Subject: Wu, C. S (Chien-shiung) 1912-1997. Columbia University..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Physics. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1509]..Summary: In 1963, Chien-shiung... More
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1...
Description: Biochemist Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984) were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1947 for their work on how the human body metab... More
President Wilson's Sheep at White House
Creator: Gruber, Martin A..Subject: Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924. Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt 1872-1961. White House (Washington, D.C.)..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1919. C. 1920-1924..Topic: Buildings... More
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Smithsonian Institution archives
Subject: Fermi, Enrico 1901-1954..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Physics. Nobel Prizes. Nuclear physics. Quantum physics..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0574]..Summary: Italian-born physicist... More
Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: John Thomas Scopes (l) and George W...
Description: Taken the month before the Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial. June 1925..Creator/Photographer: Watson Davis..Medium: Black and white photographic print..Dimensions: 4.25 in x 3 in..Culture: Americ... More
Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Main Street, Dayton, Tennessee.
Description: Taken the month before the Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial. Robinson's Drugstore is shown on the right. June 1925..Creator/Photographer: Watson Davis..Medium: Black and white photographic print.... More
Lillian Josephine Hawes, scientist
90-105, 9A, "Portraits, Hav-Haz"; Lillian Josephine Hawes (b. 1905) graduated from Stanford University in 1928 and first served as a public health nurse in Los Angeles. This photograph was distributed when she... More
left to right: Unidentified man and Marion Schmidt Escallon (1912-2003...
Subject: Escallon, Marion Schmidt 1912-2003, Sinclair Oil Company, Geological Survey (U.S.), University of Michigan, Texaco (Colombia), Petroleum.....Type: Black-and-white photographs.....Date: 1937, Dec-37....... More
The USS Burton Island (AG-88) and The USS Edisto (AG-89) in Antarctica
Author: Unknown..Subject: Operation Windmill..Type: Photographic print. Exterior..Date: 1947..Topic: Research expeditions. Scientific expeditions. Snow. Ice. Icebreakers (Ships). Ice breaking operations. Sleds.... More
Olive Swezy (b. 1878), scientist
Subject: Swezy, Olive b. 1878. Scripps Institution for Biological Research. University of California (1868-1952)..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Zoology. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-1... More
Jacqueline L. Schroedter - Womens history month
Subject: Schroedter, Jacqueline L. Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. University of Arizona. Astronautical Society of the Pacific..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1962..Topic: Astronomy. Women scient... More
Mary Alice McWhinnie, professor, scientist
90-105, 13, "Portraits, Mac-Mc L-Z (2)"; "Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922-1980) was a professor of biology at DePaul University and a world-renowned authority on krill when she began working on research ships off-sh... More
A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's Na...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Acanthemblemaria atrata 4
Acanthemblemaria atrata, Cocos Island (Costa Rica) Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Acanthurus chirurgus SI
Acanthurus chirurgus Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Achirus achirus range
Achirus achirus range Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Achirus declivis range - Public domain map
Achirus declivis range
Alopias vulpinus teeth2
Alopias vulpinus Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aluterus heudelotii range
Aluterus heudelotii range Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Czechoslovakia 1934 10 Ducats - coin, public domain photograph
Czechoslovakia 1934 10 Ducats Public domain photograph of a historical coin, money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
France 1709-A One Louis d'Or (rev)
France 1709-A One Louis d'Or (rev), depicting Louis XIV of France
France 1740-A Ecu in Gold (Louis15) Essai
France, gold écu (1740-A) depicting Louis XV. An Essai or pattern coin.
Freer Gallery of Art Groundbreaking
The ground-breaking for the Freer Gallery of Art on September 23, 1916. A crowd of people has formed a semi-circle to observe the event. While not all of the individuals are identified, several names are listed... More
Mustelus lunulatus head2
Mustelus lunulatus (Panama) Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NMAH-2007-3743-000001 - A close up of a gun on a red background
Model 1855 U.S. Percussion Rifle used by Frank E. Brownell at the National Museum of American History.
Pietro Montana in his studio cropped
"Pietro Montana in his studio." Cropped.The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection of photographs was donated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Spatuloricaria atratoensis X-ray
Spatuloricaria atratoensis, X-ray Public domain photograph of animal skeleton, zoology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Viking 7-09 - Rocket Technology
Viking rocket #7 Public domain photograph of rocket development in the USA, early stages of space exploration, NASA, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Viking 9-01 - Rocket Technology
Viking rocket #9 Public domain photograph of rocket development in the USA, early stages of space exploration, NASA, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Браши Бьютт3 - A grassy field with mountains in the distance
Русский: Долина вулкана Браши Бьютт.Вдалеке виднеется гора из хребта Солдиер (Soldiers mountnais),English: In this view from Little Hot Springs Valley to the NW, Soldier Mountain is the prominent peak in the ba... More
"Victoria" Plate, mid-19th century (CH 18693387)
Scalloped-edge plate with green transfer-printed decoration on white ground. Large central flower decorative motif printed on center of plate. Border reveals alternating wide bands filled with rows of wavy, dot... More
Botanical Plate, 1752–56 (CH 18411445)
Deep well; marli with wavy rim, turned up slightly. Thick purple stem with three large greenish-yellow and two small green leaves. Flower yellowish curly petals around massed anthers. Small sprig of blue mornin... More
Bottle (England), ca. 1770 (CH 18647961)
A blue and gold glass bottle with a picture of a cherub, United Kingdom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Corsica Plate, mid-19th century (CH 18693367)
Scalloped-edge plate with green transfer-printed decoration on white ground. Central scene depicting Renaissance couple surrounded by classical architectural structures, columns, urns and mountainous landscape.... More
Cupids Grinding (Air), from a group called The Elements Figure Group, ...
Two cherubs under a tree on a mound of ricks with clinging vegetation. Standing cherub at left sharpening an Arrowpoint on a grindstone. Seated cherub holds a torch in an upraised hand.
Gypsy Pitcher, 1843 (CH 18734881) (cropped)
Putty-colored job with relief decoration showing a family under a tent.
Jar (England), ca. 1888–97 (CH 18638833)
Two high handles rising from the shoulders. Blue Hispano-Moresque decoration with dolphins.
Jar And Lid (England), 1749–60 (CH 18640227-2), Longton Hall porcelain...
Campana urn form with spreading circular foot. Raised leaf decoration with lime green and aubergine outlines. Dome shaped lid with vine shaped handle. Gords and vine on interior or base.
Jug (England), 1842 (CH 18707945)
A highly decorative cream jug with detail on the body, spout and handle. The center has panels depicting figures in an outdoor scene.
Jug (England), 1849 (CH 18707935)
A highly decorative white jug with detail on the body, spout and handle. The center depicts a knight riding a horse in an outdoor scene.
Jug (England), ca. 1842 (CH 18707941)
Blue-grey body; running stags decoration. Public domain photograph of vase-shaped vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Melbourne Plate, ca. 1881-1885 (CH 18669363-2)
Circular form, the white crackled ground with brown Japanese-inspired transfer-printed decoration, the top section showing birds in flight over a body of water, shoreline with tree and flowering plants in foreg... More
Mug (England), 18th–mid-19th century (CH 18707557)
Shepherd scene Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Peacock Tile, 1898–1907 (CH 18394159)
Square tile of reddish clay with grogg added. Bluish-white crackled glaze with peacock painted in blue.
Pitcher (England), 1800–1830 (CH 18707613-2)
Bulbous pitcher in yellow with pointed spout and angular and curved handle. Black border on rim and base. Depicts young man collecting wheat in circular frame. Below, inscribed: “APPLICATION”.
Rangoon Plate, ca. 1878–85 (CH 18669351)
Six-sided form with circular caveto, the cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed decoration of three birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and a section with flower... More
Rose Trellis Tile, 1882–88 (CH 18394175)
Square tile of reddish buff clay with grog added. On white crackled glaze blue border and cross bars, over which a diagonally set plant with two large yellow flowers in painted.
Silenus Jug, ca. 1840 (CH 18715453) (cropped)
The dark green version of this pattern was issued in 1831 as model number 19. While many companies produced versions of the "Silenus" jug, the dark green color is unique to Minton.
Tankard (England), 1884 (CH 18482927)
Three handled stoneware tankard with glazed and incised ornament in shades of blue and olive enframe three ovals. Within each oval a blue flamingo is modeled in relief against a stippled ground, light buff, ea... More
Tankard (England), 1884 (CH 18482927-2)
Three handled stoneware tankard with glazed and incised ornament in shades of blue and olive enframe three ovals. Within each oval a blue flamingo is modeled in relief against a stippled ground, light buff, ea... More
Tile (England), 1898–1907 (CH 18394173-2)
Square tile of buff clay with grog added. On white crackled glaze a diagonally placed design of scalloped blue and turquoise shapes, green flowers and purple pinks. Part of large design.
Variety Bowl, ca. 1879–85 (CH 18669369)
Circular form with slightly concave rim, the white crackled ground with Japanese-inspired transfer printed polychrome decoration: stylized flowers and leaves on rim, the well with a panel and two medallions res... More
Vase (England), 1871-1875 (CH 18633979-2)
Cylindrical shape with long neck, flaring mouth and flaring cylindrical foot; two applied, gilt handles on neck, modelled as prunus branches; grey ground decorated with flying cranes in low relief in white slip... More
Vase (England), 1880–82 (CH 18620859)
Red earthenware body. Elongated ovoid shape, flared foot, flared "collar" neck. Body applied with molded iris with purple glaze, and white water lilies, both with foliage emerging from stylized water lines. Bod... More
Vase (possibly England), ca. 1840–60 (CH 18312429)
A porcelain vase, 19th century, United Kingdom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Plate, 1883 (CH 18669371)
Circular form, the white ground with Japanese-inspired transfer printed polychrome decoration of a woman and child walking in a wooded landscape, the scene superimposed above bands and panels of geometric patte... More
Plate (England), ca. 1758–70 (CH 18443943), Chelsea porcelain manufact...
A porcelain and enameled plate with three birds perched on green branches.
Plate, 1753–1758 (CH 18443945), Chelsea porcelain manufactory
Scalloped edge with green feather motif. Fluted cavetto. At center, a tropical bird.
Plate, 1753–56 (CH 18411425-2), Chelsea porcelain manufactory
Deep well, marli with wavy rim, turned up. Decoration showing flowering plants and insects. Brown line at rim.
Plate, 1753–56 (CH 18411431), Chelsea porcelain manufactory
Deep well, marli with wavy rim, turned up. Decoration showing flowering plants and insects. Brown line at rim.
Covered Dish With Tray, ca. 1775 (CH 18312443), Worcester Royal Porcel...
Oval dish with underglaze stippling in imitation of Chinese powder blue glaze. Rocaille medallions, framed by gilded scrolls, and enclosing birds and butterflies. Handles in the form of twigs, with peach blosso... More
Plate, ca. 1880 (CH 18476841-2), Worcester Royal Porcelain Company
Two plates with blue floral marli and center medallion on white ground.
Collecting the Mail (2551232344) (before 1920)
Description: City letter carrier is shown retrieving mail from a city collection box. The driver of the Columbian Mark 3 Touring Car mail vehicle was not a Post Office Department employee, but was hired to driv... More
Duchamp Brothers (3019152918)
Description: Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Dimensions: 11 cm x 17 cm Date: c. 1913 Reposit... More
Letter Carrier Retrieving Mail (2551042476)
Description: As part of his daily rounds, this unidentified letter carrier is shown retrieving mail from a sidewalk collection mailbox. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white ph... More
Mail Collection Wagons (2550411317)
Description: In an unidentified city, postal officials pose with letter carriers and row of one-man collection mail wagons. Carriers used the wagons to collect mail from city mailboxes. The wagons were painted ... More
Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA...
Significance: The Orbiter Discovery, OV-103, is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program (1969-2011) under Criterion A ... More
Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Description: Close up of the fountains and sculpture of the 'Court of Honor' at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. Buildings of the Exposition can be seen in the background. The Smithsonian coordin... More
Mildred Adams Fenton (1899-1995)
Description: Mildred Adams Fenton (1899-1995) trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Reco... More
China, Miscellaneous Scenes: Chinese junk with steamboat in background
Creator: LaVoy, Merl..Subject: Hartung's Photo Shop..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Junks. Steamboats..Local number: SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-2947]..Cite as: RU 7263 - Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, 19... More
Ruth Winkley, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives
Subject: Winkley, Ruth. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). University of Michigan..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Zoology. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1396... More
Mary Stuart MacDougall (b. 1885)
Subject: MacDougall, Mary Stuart b. 1885. Randolph-Macon College. University of Chicago. Columbia University. Agnes Scott College. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)..Type: Black-and-white photogr... More
Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at t...
A man standing in front of a machine, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Gi... More
Chas. H. Gilmore, Curator, Smithsonian Institution, 7/18/24
A black and white photo of a man in a tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee
Description: Taken the month before the Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial. June 1925..Creator/Photographer: Watson Davis..Medium: Black and white photographic print..Dimensions: 3 in x 4.25 in..Culture: Americ... More
John Peabody Harrington (1884-1961) and Chief Wi'ishi of Mission India...
Subject: Harrington, John Peabody..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1935. 07/12/1935..Topic: Indians of North America. Ethnology..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3356]..Summary: John Peabody Harr... More
![Indigenous children in Ammassalik [Tasiilaq], Greenland, 1936](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTcvMDMvMjEvaW5kaWdlbm91cy1jaGlsZHJlbi1pbi1hbW1hc3NhbGlrLXRhc2lpbGFxLWdyZWVubGFuZC0xOTM2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "Indigenous children in Ammassalik [Tasiilaq], Greenland, 1936")
Indigenous children in Ammassalik [Tasiilaq], Greenland, 1936
Local number: SIA2012-0661..Summary: SIA RU007231, Box 74, Folder 12. Taken during Greenland Expedition, 1936, under direction of Bob Bartlett, collecting materials for the Smithsonian...Repository: Smithsonia... More
Mrs. Thomas Brockway, Smithsonian Institution archives
Author: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) b. 1878..Type: Photographic print. Person, candid..Date: 1935..Topic: Books. Women..Standard number: SIA2011-0276 and 32280-6..Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Colo... More
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), scientist
Subject: McClintock, Barbara 1902-1992. Carnegie Institution of Washington Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York. American Association of University Women..Type: Black-and-white pho... More
Frédéric Joliot (1900-1958) and Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), 194...
Creator: Lebenthal, James..Subject: Joliot-Curie, Irène 1897-1956. Joliot-Curie, Frédéric..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1940. 1940s..Topic: Physics. Women scientists. Nobel Prizes..Local number: ... More
Elizabeth Lee Hazen, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives
90-105, 9A, "Portraits, Hav-Haz"; "In 1950, microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and chemist Rachel Brown (1898-1980), Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Alban... More
Patricia A. McBroom - Public domain portrait print
Subject: McBroom, Patricia. Science Service..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1968..Topic: Journalism, Scientific. Anthropology. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5598]..Summary: ... More
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies,...
Description: 89-2843.13, 1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Capitol, Swearing In, from 35mm color negative...Creator/Photographer: Jeff Tinsley..Medium: C-type print..Cult... More
2005 National Pow Wow 004
Honoring veterans at 2005 National Pow Wow. Public domain photograph of a Native American costume, festival, dance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
2007 National Pow Wow 013
2007 Powwow; Verizon Center: Washington, DC. Public domain photograph of a Native American costume, festival, dance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi 3
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi Public domain photograph of a fish head, ichthyology, zoology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Agonostomus monticola SI2
Juvenile Agonostomus monticola Public domain photograph of a fish, ichthyology, zoology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antennarius multiocellatus SI
Antennarius multiocellatus Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ginglymostoma cirratum SI
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Curacao) Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hippocampus sindonis SI
Hippocampus sindonis Public domain photograph of a marine biology, fish, ichthyology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jefferson's+desk - A wooden box on a black background
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable lap desk of his own design.
Lutjanus griseus juvenile
Lutjanus griseus Public domain photograph of a fish, ichthyology, zoology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Springfield Model 1795 TypeI-NMAH-AHB2015q026480
Springfield Model 1795 Type 1 Flintlock Musket - Musket, flintlock. AF*131359.
Springfield Model 1795-NMAH-AHB2015q037149
Springfield Model 1795 Flintlock Musket - Musket, flintlock. AF*236872. Public domain photograph of a rifle, gun, firearms weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description