Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 3.25w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exhibit ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Exhibit
Photographic print
Date:
June 1967
Topic:
Ducks
Exhibitions
History of Technology
Agriculture
Animals
Standard number:
SIA2011-1098
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Published in "Torch," June 1967. See Neg. SIA2008-2220 for another view of the wheel and the ducks
Summary:
Located in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, "Growth of the United States" Hall exhibit shows a thirty-foot tall water wheel from an eighteenth century grist mill and features two ducks, one sitting on eggs soon to hatch
Growth of the United States Hall, Exhibit on Underwater Drilling
Author:
Unknown
Subject:
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Petroleum Hall (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 3.25w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exhibit ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Person, candid
Exhibit
Photographic print
Date:
June 1967
Topic:
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Exhibitions
Dioramas
Petroleum industry and trade
Standard number:
SIA2011-1099
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Published in Torch June 1967
Summary:
"Growth of the United States" Hall, exhibit on underwater drilling, shows a man working at the railing surrounding a diorama in the Petroleum Hall located in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History
Visitors viewing to the Growth of the United States Hall, c.1967
Subject:
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
History and Technology Building
Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 8h X10w; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Date:
c.1967
Topic:
Duck pond
Museum visitors
Standard number:
SIA2008-2220 and 61801-7
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-357-1420. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Negative number written on back of the photo is 61801-7. See Neg. # SIA2011-1098 for another view of the water wheel and the ducks
Summary:
Visitors viewing a thirty-foot tall water wheel from an eighteenth century grist mill on exhibit in the Growth of the United States Hall after the opening of the new exhibit at the Museum of History and Technology. For a brief time, Moscovy ducks lived next to the Mill in a small compound
Cyrus Hall McCormick: Business and Industry\Industrialist\Manufacturer
Cyrus Hall McCormick: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist
Cyrus Hall McCormick: Science and Technology\Inventor
Cyrus Hall McCormick: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Historical Society\President
Portrait
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation and Mrs. Gilbert Harrison
Object number:
NPG.75.2
Exhibition Label:
Territorial expansion generated a spirit of technological adventure and a search for new methods to handle the unique conditions of American life. Cyrus McCormick, a farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, succeeded where his father had failed by constructing the first practical reaping machine. This reaper was a first step in the mechanization of American agriculture, allowing the efficient cultivation of large tracts of farmland by small numbers of farmers. This industrialization of the land allowed the United States to boost agricultural production to unprecedented levels and to feed growing cities and industrial towns.
McCormick's design was pirated by competitors, but he overcame his rivals by founding his own factory outside Chicago in 1847. There, he contributed to the pace of industrial growth by using standardized parts and assembly-line production-methods that had been pioneered by Samuel Colt and others.
Construction of the Underwater Exploration Exhibit
Author:
Unknown
Subject:
Armed Forces History Hall
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 3.25w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exhibit ; Medium: Document
Type:
Exhibit
Document
Group, candid
Date:
June 1967
Topic:
Diving
Underwater exploration
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Exhibitions
Standard number:
SIA2011-1119
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Published in Torch June 1967
Summary:
Growth of the United States Hall indoor exhibit on underwater exploration with workers installing diving suits in the Armed Forces History section of the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History
The Exploring Expedition and the Smithsonian Institution
Author:
Reingold, Nathan 1927-
Co-Author:
Rothenberg, Marc 1949-
Editor:
Viola, Herman J
Margolis, Carolyn
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
Peale, Titian Ramsay
Smithsonian Institution Building Early History
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Establishment of
United States Exploring Expedition (USEE)
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Physical description:
Number of pages : 12; Page numbers : 242-253
Date:
1985
Topic:
Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men
United States Congress, Relations with SI
Secretaries
Publisher:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press
Category:
Smithsonian History Bibliography
Notes:
The image is of William Dunlop Brackenridge who was entrusted with the care of the plants collected on the Wilkes Expedition
Summary:
After providing background on the Smithsonian's founding and its first Secretary, Joseph Henry, this article describes Henry's attempts to prevent the federal government from using the Smithsonian as a repository for the voluminous natural history collections of the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842 and U.S. Army surveys of the 1850s. Henry was determined that the Smithsonian's primary role should be to undertake original scientific research, not to serve as a museum or repository for materials already collected by other institutions. However in 1853, Henry agreed that the Smithsonian Building, or "Castle," could temporarily serve as a National Museum overseen by the Smithsonian but supported with outside funds from the federal government. Specimens poured in and an exhibit hall was developed
Although Congress continued to fund the Museum's expansion over the next two decades, Henry held firm to his belief that the Museum was temporary and that the Smithsonian would primarily serve as a research institution. His hope that the government would finally take over the Museum was renewed by the decision to construct a new, separate museum building to house the massive government exhibits produced for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. However by the time Congress appropriated funds for the new building, Henry had died. His successor, naturalist and curator Spencer F. Baird, saw the Museum as central to the Smithsonian's mission and fully supported its growth
Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 8h X 10w; Type of Image: Person, posed; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1964
Topic:
Museum curators
Historians
History of Technology
Civil History
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Horses
Standard number:
SIA2007-0167
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
For another image see SIA2007-0168
Summary:
Curator Peter C. Welsh conducting research on an artifact in his office in the newly opened Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History. Welsh is seated at a desk looking at an open book. On the desk is a telephone and other books. Welsh was Associate Curator in the Smithsonian's Department of Civil History, 1959-1969. As Curator he played a major role in the development of the "Growth of the United States" hall in MHT. Welsh was Assistant Director General of Museums, 1969-1970, and also served as Director of the Office of Museum Programs, 1970-1971
"How Tall Are You Exhibit," Hall of Health, A&I Building
Author:
Unknown
Subject:
Arts and Industries Building
Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
United States National Museum
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1957
Topic:
Children
Event
Medicine
Openings
Public Health Exhibit
Museum visitors
Exhibitions
Health
Standard number:
2002-10650
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The original negative number is 44788-B, but that negative has been lost. There are several similar images of two children with a woman at the exhibit site
Summary:
Several visitors at the Hall of Health at the "How Tall Are You?" exhibit showing the growth rate of children at various ages. This new installation was part of the Exhibits Modernization Program in the Arts and Industries Building and opened to the public on November 3, 1957
Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1964
Topic:
Horses
Historians
Museum curators
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Civil History
Standard number:
SIA2007-0168
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
For another image see SIA2007-0167
Summary:
Curator Peter C. Welsh conducting research, possibly for his book entitled "Track and Road: The American Trotting Horse, 1820-1900," published in 1968. Welsh is standing with an open book in front of him. There are two photos of horses propped up leaning against the wall. Welsh was Associate Curator in the Department of Civil History, National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1959-1969. As curator he played a major role in the development of the "Growth of the United States" Hall in the Museum. Welsh was Assistant Director General of Museums, 1969-1970, and also served as Director of the Office of Museum Programs, 1970-1971
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame: Marshall Field, (sculpture)
Marshall Field, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Iselin, Lewis 1913-1990
Subject:
Field, Marshall
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete or limestone with marble plaque
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Merchandise Mart 222 North Bank Drive Main entrance plaza Chicago Illinois 60654
Date:
Dedicated June 30, 1953
Topic:
Portrait male--Head
Occupation--Other--Businessman
Control number:
IAS 87580028
Notes:
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 101
Riedy, James, "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981
Gray, Mary Lackritz, "Department of Cultural Affairs Loop Sculpture Guide," Chicago: Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990, no. 12
Chicago Daily News, July 1, 1953, pg. 64
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992
Summary:
Four times life-size head mounted on a tall pillar. One of eight heads which line the Merchandise Mart Plaza to honor outstanding American retail merchants. Marshall Field was founder and president of Marshall Field & Company in Chicago. Field was an innovator in the concept of the one-price store, the under-price basement store, free delivery, and money back refunds. Field also financed schools and libraries, founded the Field Museum of Natural History, and influenced the growth of the University of Chicago
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
“Mary W. Stow,” embroidered in red, is prominent on this patriotic quilt made of fabrics commemorating the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia. The motifs were cut from bandannas that were printed as souvenirs of the event, and then appliquéd on white cotton. Most of the motifs are edged with a button-hole stitch using red cotton. Printed fabrics with patriotic motifs were popular in America before the 1876 Centennial, but the major exhibition in Philadelphia provided textile companies with an incentive to produce many new fabrics for the event. Several of these can be found on the quilt.
The central motif depicts the Memorial Hall Art Gallery at the Centennial International Exhibition at Fairmont Park, Philadelphia. The Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall, Agricultural Hall, and the Horticultural Hall are circular motifs. These all originally appeared on one bandanna. There are flags of many nations, most likely cut from a printed textile. Cut-out portraits on printed fabric of George and Martha Washington, William Penn, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Ulysses Grant are among the motifs. Democratic candidates for president and vice-president, Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, and their Republican counterparts, Rutherford Hayes and William A. Wheeler, appear in separate motifs.
Mary W. Stow lived in Wisconsin, and included on her quilt printed pictures of the capitol building at Madison, Wisconsin and Harrison Ludington (1812-1891), governor of Wisconsin from 1876 to 1878.
Motifs also include inked drawings of the Hingham, Massachusetts, First Meeting House, the Bunker Hill Monument, the Liberty Bell, the Charter Oak, Trinity Church, and Independence Hall. Several motifs have the printed or inked date “1876.”
The border makes use of patriotic colors. A 1½-inch inner band of blue striped cotton with white stars is framed by an outer 1¾-inch band of red cotton. Quilting, 9 stitches per inch, outlines the appliquéd motifs. The border is quilted with a feathered vine and 1-inch diamond quilting fills the background.
The patriotic theme is carried to the lining of the quilt. In the center of the back is a bandanna with the printed text of the Declaration of Independence and facsimiles of the signatures of the signers. These are framed by the Liberty Bell and seals of the thirteen colonies, linked by names of the Revolutionary patriots.
Mary Williams Loomis was born on April 8, 1820, in Brownville, Jefferson County, New York. The daughter of General Thomas Loomis, she married Marcellus Kent Stow (1806-1871) on October 5, 1837, in Buffalo, New York. They moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1852 where Marcellus was a business man, practiced law, and was a county judge.
Marcellus had followed his brother, Alexander, to Wisconsin from New York and together they had platted subdivisions that provided a plan for the city’s growth. Their father, Silas Stow, was a congressman from New York during the War of 1812. Mary and Marcellus reared five children, two girls and three boys.
Mary was also active in the Fond du Lac community. She was a foundering member of the Fond du Lac Relief Society, established in 1873 following the great forest fires of 1872 that destroyed several areas in Wisconsin. The establishment and management of a “Home for the Friendless” or “The Home” was a result of the fund-raising labors of this organization. Operating well into the twentieth century “The Home” provided a refuge for those in need, particularly the elderly, who did not have other resources. Although widowed, Mary still lived in Fond du Lac at the time of the Philadelphia 1876 Centennial. She may have visited the Exhibition and made this quilt as a reminder of the event. Her son, James W. Stow (1853-1913), lived in Washington, D.C., and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It was in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 1898, that Mary died.
Figure of Lowry: bronze; Wall: Bethel white granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Minneapolis Minneapolis Arts Commission 350 South 5th Street, City Hall, Room 200 Minneapolis Minnesota 55415
Located Smith Triangle Park Hennepin & Emerson Avenues & West 24th Street Minneapolis Minnesota
Date:
1915. Dedicated Aug. 18, 1915. Rededicated April 8, 1967
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length
Occupation--Other--Businessman
Occupation--Transportation
Figure male--Nude
Figure female--Nude
Allegory--Other--Progress
Allegory--Civic
Object--Fruit--Grape
Control number:
IAS 76005152
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MN5002, 1989
Monumental News, Nov., 1915, pg. 635
Summary:
Central figure of Thomas Lowry stands on a low base. He is bearded, and his suit of clothes includes a morning coat and a tall hat held in his proper left hand. Behind him is a wall with inscriptions and two nude allegorical figures, representing municipal growth, seated in openings in wall. In the opening in the left side of the wall is a male figure tying up young vines. In the opening in the right side of the wall is a female figure harvesting grapes
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
