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Smithsonian Snapshot: W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution This week’s snapshot of an artifact not on display but contained within the archives of the Smithsonian Institution is that of a W. Atlee Burpee & Company...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Lexington Racehorse
Lexington Racehorse, 1878; Photo courtesy of the International Museum of the Horse This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot looks at the skeleton of Lexington, the “Official Horse of Bluegrass Country.” Known...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Joe Louis’ Boxing Gloves
Photo courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History For this week’s Smithsonian Snapshot, we take a look at the sport of boxing. Worn in his first historic bout with German boxer Max...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Pac-Man Telephone
Pac-Man Telephone, 1982; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution Reportedly inspired by a pizza with one slice removed, Pac-Man was developed by Tōru Iwatani, a programmer for the Japanese company...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Parachute Wedding Dress
The parachute wedding dress (120mm ektachrome); photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution This week, in honor of the 67th anniversary of the D-Day landings AND the onset of wedding season, the Smithsonian...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Good Humor Truck
Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot helps us to herald in the start of summer. Good Humor, the well-known “ice cream on a stick,”...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Nakhla Meteorite
Nakhla metorite; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution On June 28, 1911, the Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth at approximately 9 a.m. in the Nakhla region of Alexandria, Egypt. Many people witnessed its...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Dumbo Flying Elephant Car
Dumbo Flying Elephant Car; Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History On July 17, 1955, Disneyland, the first Disney theme park and the only one created under the direction...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Lunar Command Module
Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia"; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution Forty-two years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. Today’s Smithsonian...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Owney the Mail Dog
Photo courtesy National Postal Museum Tomorrow, one of the National Postal Museum’s most interesting objects is being commemorated with a U.S. postage stamp. During his lifetime, a scruffy mutt named...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Happy 165th!
Bison on the Mall; Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives | Photographer unknown Today in 1846, the U.S. Senate passed the act organizing the Smithsonian Institution by a vote of 26 to 13....
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Smithsonian Snapshot: The Ubiquitous Lunch Box
Lunch Box collection; Image courtesy Smithsonian National Museum of American History Beginning in the 1950s, television transformed the lunch box from an ordinary food conveyor into a storyteller. The...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Skyhooking
Skyhook container; photo courtesy National Postal Museum In the 1930s, U.S. postal officials tried different ways of moving the mail. One technique was called “skyhooking,” which brought the mail to...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Pneumatic Mail Delivery
Pneumatic Mail Container; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution and the National Postal Musem Today’s Smithsonian Snapshot looks at another method of mail delivery that dominated the early 20th...
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