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view A curator goes to the movies: The stuff of "Hidden Figures" digital asset number 1

A curator goes to the movies: The stuff of "Hidden Figures"

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:11:05 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_66d22d4a269515b6e64fc5b4744dd4b6
view Power from the people: Rural Electrification brought more than lights digital asset number 1

Power from the people: Rural Electrification brought more than lights

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:35:48 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_24aed10d6961a58c954fb5605c3dfdf8
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The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner

Author:
Gertner, Jon  Search this
Subject:
Bell Telephone Laboratories History  Search this
Physical description:
422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
20th century
Topic:
Telecommunication--History  Search this
Technological innovations--History  Search this
Creative ability--History  Search this
Inventors--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_991333
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Alex Steinweiss : the inventor of the modern album cover / by Kevin Reagan with an introduction by Steven Heller

Title:
Inventor of the modern album cover
Steinweiss
Author:
Reagan, Kevin  Search this
Steinweiss, Alex 1917-2011  Search this
Heller, Steven  Search this
Subject:
Steinweiss, Alex 1917-2011  Search this
Physical description:
416 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 x 35 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
20th century
Topic:
Sound recordings--Album covers  Search this
Graphic arts--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_986304
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Mr. Liquid Crystal : the untold story of how James L. Fergason invented the liquid crystal display & helped create the digital world / Terri Fergason Neal and Marian Pierce

Author:
Neal, Terri Fergason  Search this
Pierce, Marian  Search this
Subject:
Fergason, James L. 1934-2008  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
20th century
Topic:
Liquid crystal displays--History  Search this
Inventors--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1104521
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The Bay Area school : Californian artists from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s / Thomas Williams

Author:
Williams, Thomas (Thomas Morgan)  Search this
Physical description:
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Figurative art  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_990310
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American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world / David Baron

Author:
Baron, David 1964-  Search this
Subject:
Watson, James C (James Craig) 1838-1880  Search this
Mitchell, Maria 1818-1889  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
19th century
20th century
1865-1918
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Eclipses--History  Search this
Astronomy--History  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1077563
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Rethinking modern prostheses in Anglo-American commodity cultures, 1820-1939 / edited by Claire L. Jones

Editor:
Jones, Claire (Museum director)  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
United States
Date:
2017
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Prosthesis--History  Search this
Prosthesis industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108442
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The vagabonds the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip Jeff Guinn

Author:
Guinn, Jeff  Search this
Subject:
Ford, Henry 1863-1947 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Automobile engineers  Search this
Businessmen  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Automobile travel--History  Search this
Vacations--History  Search this
TRANSPORTATION--General  Search this
Automobile travel  Search this
Travel  Search this
Vacations  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Description  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114450
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Alexander Calder : radical inventor / edited by Elizabeth Hutton Turner and Anne Grace

Author:
Turner, Elizabeth Hutton 1952-  Search this
Grace, Anne 1966-  Search this
Host institution:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
National Gallery of Victoria  Search this
Subject:
Calder, Alexander 1898-1976  Search this
Calder, Alexander 1898-1976 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Essays
Illustrated works
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
20th century
Topic:
Sculpture, American  Search this
Sculptors  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.C14 M714 2018
NB237.C28 A4 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101037
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A people's history of computing in the United States / Joy Lisi Rankin

Author:
Rankin, Joy Lisi 1976-  Search this
Physical description:
325 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
20th century
Topic:
Computer systems--History  Search this
Computer networks--History  Search this
Information commons--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1100964
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Buffalo Bill on the silver screen : the films of William F. Cody / Sandra K. Sagala

Author:
Sagala, Sandra K  Search this
Subject:
Buffalo Bill 1846-1917  Search this
Buffalo Bill 1846-1917 In motion pictures  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
West (U.S.)
United States
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Pioneers  Search this
Entertainers  Search this
Actors  Search this
Motion picture producers and directors  Search this
Documentary films--History and criticism  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089889
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A brotherhood of spies : the U-2 and the CIA's secret war / Monte Reel

Author:
Reel, Monte  Search this
Subject:
Land, Edwin H. 1909-1991  Search this
Johnson, Clarence L. 1910-1990  Search this
Bissell, Richard M (Richard Mervin) 1909-1994  Search this
Powers, Francis Gary 1929-1977  Search this
United States Central Intelligence Agency History  Search this
Physical description:
342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
20th century
Topic:
Intelligence service--History  Search this
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)  Search this
U-2 Incident, 1960  Search this
Spies  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094068
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Lucean Arthur Headen the making of a black inventor and entrepreneur Jill D. Snider

Author:
Snider, Jill D  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Electronic books
History
Place:
United States
Great Britain
Date:
2020
20th century
Topic:
African American inventors  Search this
African American automobile industry workers  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Cultural Heritage  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Call number:
TL140.H425 S65 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Unlimited users
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145498
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Wright brothers, wrong story : how Wilbur Wright solved the problem of manned flight / William Hazelgrove

Author:
Hazelgrove, William Elliott 1959-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Haskell, Katharine Wright 1874-1929  Search this
Physical description:
320 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
20th century
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Inventors--History  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1103634

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