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National Museum of American History Are you watching a Thanksgiving Day parade today? Check out these classic floats from holiday parades during the first half of the 20th century.
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For designers and builders—and their clients—holidays were a time for over-the-top creative expression.
National Museum of American History Children and parents were not allowed any contact for ten to fourteen days during the early, acute phase of polio and then only limited visiting for weeks afterward. This postcard from 1948 informs parents that they could visit their child for two hours on Thanksgiving.
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This site explores the history of polio, the science and philanthropy behind the vaccines, the experiences of people who contracted polio and their influence on American culture, and current global efforts at stopping transmission of the poliovirus.
National Museum of American History In the year since we reopened we've welcomed over 4 million people through our doors! Were you one of them?
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It's one year to the day since the National Museum of American History reopened with its remodeled, reorganized central core. And if attendance figures are to be believed, the renovation has been an unqualified success.
National Museum of American History When it comes to Thanksgiving, ask yourself: What Would Julia Do?
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With turkey day fast approaching, cooks around the country are whipping up grocery lists and getting ready for what is the equivalent of a marathon for many home chefs. With the release of the film Julie & Julia earlier this...
National Museum of American History Phew, glad THAT's over--today in 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis came to a close when the Soviet Union agreed to remove nuclear missiles from the island. Learn some Cold War history in our online exhibit "The Price of Freedom"
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Americans led Western efforts to contain Communism. President Harry S. Truman ardently pursued a policy of containment, bolstering any ally—in Europe or Asia—who stood in the way of Communist expansion. ...
National Museum of American History Currently we have over 600 remedies available on our Web site. Here you will find humor (probably unintentional), snake oil salesmanship, and quackery, but also “regular medicine”: common remedies used to alleviate symptoms and pain.
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There is no shortage of snake oil in America. Whether sold by politicians as endless campaign promises, or by spammers tempting us with virility enhancers and other elixirs of life, we are all too familiar with snake oil and its...
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81 years ago today Disney released Steamboat Willie - considered to be Mickey's birthday. What inspired Walt Disney to imagine the character we've known and loved for so many years? Find out! http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID
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"Steamboat Willie" America's most popular mouse was born in Walt Disney's imagination early in 1928 on a train ride he and his wife took from New York to Los Angeles. "I had this mouse in the back of my ...
National Museum of American History Today in 1968 the Oakland Raiders defeated the NY jets in the "Heidi Game" Anyone old enough to remember watching or *not* watching that? For more interesting sports history check out our online exhibition "Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers"
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portrays athletes, focusing on their participation in significant events and the social contexts that influenced them. On and off the playing field, these undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all. ...
National Museum of American History Museum Director Brent Glass hosts more than sixty Iraqi public officials at the National Museum of American History and tries to help answer some tough questions.
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As soon as more than sixty Iraqi public officials sat down in our auditorium, I knew I was facing a tough audience. These men and one woman (with a few female officials and interpreters) have been through a very tumultuous...
National Museum of American History It's that time again! This week curator Helena Wright gets an early start on holiday baking by pulling out one of her favorite Julia Child recipes.
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National Museum of American History Today in 1973: Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline. Find out why in our online exhibition "America on the Move."
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During the late 1960s and 1970s, many Americans reconsidered their relationship with the car. Widespread concern about the environment led Congress to regulate automobile pollution. Gas shortages led to a congressional mandate that cars get more miles per gallon. ...
National Museum of American History A number of the violins used in this study are from our collection. Many intricate and previously unseen details were revealed in the digital images, such as repair patches in a violin’s interior, the exact yet subtle slope of each back and front board, and the location of ivory and ebony inlays.
O Say Can You See?: Digital Stradivari: computer models of violins reveal master luthier’s technique
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With the help of a high-resolution CT scanner, researchers at the Smithsonian Institution recently took a giant leap forward to a better understanding of the engineering and craftsmanship that Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), master violin maker of Cremona, Italy, built into each of his renowned inst...
National Museum of American History Our director and two of our exhibitions--Julia Child's kitchen and "Holidays on Display"-- were featured on TV this morning. View the video online.
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WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Santa Claus is making an early appearance to open a new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on the art and business of commercial holiday displays.
National Museum of American History Can you engineer innovation? It is not clear. With Bell Labs we may never know, for Holmdel has seen its last days as a laboratory.
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My ears perked up at the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize in physics. Not only was it awarded to an invention that revolutionized photography—the CCD (charge-coupled device) sensor at the heart of digital camera imaging—but it resulted from work...
National Museum of American History Today in 1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born. She drafted the Declaration of Sentiments, a radical demand for equality that launched the first women’s rights convention, on this parlor table.
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The National Museum of American History is one of the Smithsonian Institution museums located on The Mall in Washington DC.
