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Manufacturer:

Army Air Forces, USA  Search this

Medium:

Medium: acetate rayon Technique: printed on plain weave Label: Printed on plain-weave acetate rayon

Dimensions:

H x W: 79.1 × 86 cm (31 1/8 × 33 7/8 in.)

Frame H x W: 88.9 x 96.5 cm (35 x 38 in.) (press mount)

Type:

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Escape Map

Object Name:

Escape Map

Made in:

USA

Date:

1945

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard N. Fried

Accession Number:

1992-140-1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42484bcdc-0280-44fd-8f47-e0b831c4549d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1992-140-1

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-04-30T14:38:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

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edanmdm:yt_V4vrAsBGSdM

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-10-23T15:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

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Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-04-16T14:48:58.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-12-10T17:32:18.000Z

YouTube Category:

Film & Animation  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-09-08T11:12:38.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-06-17T14:56:05.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_gz-6ccgf5Aw

Creator:

Smithsonian Education  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-04-12T21:13:53.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

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Smithsonian Education

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SmithsonianEducation

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Education  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-07-29T01:36:33.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

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Smithsonian Education

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Physical Description:

ceramic (overall material)

porcelain (overall material)

hard-paste (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 160 mm x 406 mm; 6 5/16 in x 16 in

Object Name:

punch bowl

Place made:

China

Date made:

18th century

Date made:

1785-1795

Related Publication:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

Mudge, Jean McClure. Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835

Paul A Van Dyke. The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700-1845

Ronald W. Fuchs. Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur

Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

ID Number:

CE.61.8

Catalog number:

61.8

Accession number:

234613

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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass

Food

Cultures & Communities

American Enterprise

Domestic Furnishings

Artifact Walls exhibit

Exhibition:

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-51b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_587576

Creator:

Japan Ueda Performing Arts Company  Search this

Collector:

Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this

Extent:

1 Poster (31 x 42.5 inches)

Container:

Folder 7166

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Posters

Works of art

Place:

Japan

East Asia

Date:

circa 1925

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of a poster advertising a circus. It shows sketches of a variety of circus acts and includes a photomechanical portrait of Ueda, perhaps the head of the circus company.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7166

NAA INV 10000034

USNM Accession 284935

USNM Ethnology Catolog 410800

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Circus  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Posters

Citation:

MS 7166 Japanese circus poster, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7166

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33b043cab-d1e3-4012-98e7-f5eba16b989e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7166

Collector:

Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914  Search this

Extent:

1 Print (black and white woodblock, 45 x 24 inches)

Container:

Folder 7151

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Prints

Works of art

Woodblock prints

Maps

Place:

Beijing (China)

East Asia

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of a woodblock print showing Beijing (Peking) within the city walls, oriented to the north. The print is probably a mid- to late-nineteenth century copy of a print from the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820). The map includes street names, various public buildings and structures, including palace grounds, temples, city walls and gates, and other points of interest. It is a popular print, intended for practical use by travellers. The map has been annotated in pencil with English transliterations of names of city gates. An English title "Plan of Peking" has also been added.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note:

William Woodville Rockhill (1854-1914) was an American diplomat and a leading scholar in Chinese and Tibetan studies. He served with the American Legation in Peking (Beijing) in the 1880s and was United States Ambassador to China from 1905-1909.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7151

NAA INV 10000007

USNM Accession 24520

USNM Catalog 152649

Variant Title:

Plan of Peking

Map of the Capital City

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Works of art

Woodblock prints

Maps

Citation:

MS 7151 Shou shan quan tu [Map of Beijing], National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7151

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36ea4bc07-d06d-4ad3-a3f8-b0fa4c5807e6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7151

Extent:

7 Items

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Works of art

Drawings

Place:

China

East Asia

Date:

circa 1912-1915

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of seven (7) items collected in China by L.H. Palmer from approximately 1912 to 1915. The collection includes 3 ornamental inscriptions, or figures of animals that also form Chinese characters; a painted fan design; a painting of flowers and other plants; a painting of a scene by a stream; and a passport for Mrs. L.H. Palmer.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7409

USNM Accession 327219

Related Materials:

Objects and other documents collected by L.H. Palmer in China and donated to the Smithsonian by Cornelius Osgood are held by the Department of Anthropology object collections under Accession 327219.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Calligraphy  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Drawings

Citation:

MS 7409 L.H. Palmer collection of Chinese paintings and documents, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7409

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L.H. Palmer collection of Chinese paintings and documents

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e89a8f69-77de-41ef-83b7-884b2c343b28

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7409

Extent:

45 Maps

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Works of art

Woodblock prints

Posters

Place:

East Asia

Japan

China

Date:

1681-1938

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of forty-five (45) Japanese maps collected by Lispenard Seabury Crocker while stationed with her husband in Japan in the 1930s. The maps are woodblock prints, drawings, and photomechanical prints dating from the late seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries. They have been mounted on cloth and/or paper backing and descriptive titles in English were affixed to the mounts by the collector.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

The maps are arranged in order of creation and/or publication.

Biographical Note:

Katherine Lispenard Seabury Crocker (1902-1984) was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She married Edward Savage Crocker II (1898-1968) in 1923. Edward was a foreign service officer for the United States government, and was stationed at many locations throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia throughout his career. The Crockers lived in Japan from 1934-1942 while Edward served as first secretary at the American embassy.

Exhibition Note:

Items in this collection were included in an exhibit entitled "Around the World" held at the Historic Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 31-August 5, 1939.

Related Materials:

The Department of Anthropology object collections holds Chinese maps collected by Crocker under Accession 232559. Additional objects donated with this collection are held by the Department of Anthropology object collections and the National Museum of American History under Accession 232559 and 272145.

The Library of Congress holds the Edward S. Crocker and Lispenard Seabury Crocker Papers (MSS86263).

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Woodblock prints

Maps

Posters

Citation:

MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7144

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MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a90bc9aa-942b-4c8a-8b1e-496030fc313c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7144

Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-03-11T20:05:31.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_6XMp-VcBlgc

Biogeographical Region:

32 - Middle Asia  Search this

Collector:

Alexander Gustav von Schrenk  Search this

Place:

Songarei, Tarbagatai, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Asia-Temperate

Collection Date:

18

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae

Published Name:

Inula rhizocephala Schrenk

Barcode:

01744125

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ad238843-3a26-4492-ac2a-3bafca54dede

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12790153

Honoree:

L. W. Christenson  Search this

Medium:

wood; metal

Dimensions:

1 x 7.5 x 9.25 in. (2.54 x 19.05 x 23.495 cm)

Type:

Philatelic Hobby

Date:

1954

Topic:

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

Object number:

1992.2002.952

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82b567349-e5d3-4436-af32-89479d39a8e8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1992.2002.952

Physical Description:

paper, cardboard (overall material)

leather (overall material)

fabric, velvet (overall material)

metal, brass (overall material)

metal, brass (overall material)

metal, steel (overall material)

plastic (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 2.2 cm x 12 cm x 6.5 cm; 7/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in

average spatial: 1.1 cm x 11.5 cm x 6 cm; 7/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in

overall, as stored: 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 12.065 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Case

compass, set

Other Terms:

Case; Commemorative & Association Items

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Credit Line:

Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland

ID Number:

MG.302606.750

Accession number:

302606

Catalog number:

302606.750

302606.750.02

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-bd1e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1134524

Manufactured by:

Shalon Chemical Industries Ltd., Israeli, founded 1968  Search this

Worn by:

Dr. William Jelani Cobb, American, born 1967  Search this

Medium:

gas mask (a): rubber with plastic, metal and ink;

filter canister (b):paint on metal with charcoal and fiberglass

Dimensions:

H x W x D (2016.122ab - Gas Mask with Filter Cartridge): 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (20 × 16 × 32 cm)

H x W x D (2016.122a - Gas Mask): 10 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 11 in. (27 × 16 × 27.9 cm)

H x W x D (2016.122b - Gas Mask Filter Cartridge): 4 3/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (10.6 × 10.6 × 7 cm)

Type:

gas masks

Place used:

Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Place made:

Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, Middle East, Asia

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Communities  Search this

Justice  Search this

Military  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. William Jelani Cobb

Object number:

2016.122ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Tools and Equipment-Military

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5180f13ba-fe1f-4f35-abbb-ea1b8f61c4c1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.122ab

Creator:

Smithsonian Education  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-07-25T22:14:19.000Z

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Education  Search this

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Education  Search this

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Smithsonian Education

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SmithsonianEducation

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_lxu-79OxnPY