We have it in our power to begin the world over again,” Thomas Paine proclaimed in the pamphlet “Common Sense,” his argument ...

Object Details Biogeographical Region 10 - Northern Europe Collector C. Indebetou Record Last Modified 13 Sep 2019 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date Barcode 03507100 USNM Number 1719974 Place Dlr.

Will I still carry water when I am a dead woman? is a single channel video documentation of a performance art piece enacted on April 18 2013 in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria by artist Wura Natasha ...

Object Details Maker Unidentified artist Description Reverse-glass painted portrait of a woman carrying a vessel on her head and wearing gold jewelry, red dress, and beaded necklace, on blue ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Herbert Mercer served with the United Kingdom's Royal Flying Corps (Royal Air Force) from 1916 until 1945, and was stationed in Baghdad, Iraq, in ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of two diaries kept by Lieutenant Zenos Ramsey Miller (1895--1922) as a pilot in the 27th Aero Squadron of the US Army ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Millard Sheets lent material for microfilming in 1965. Mary B. Sheets, Millard's widow, donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992 ...

Publisher United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) Names Conner, George Publisher United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) Biographical / Historical George Conner, also known as Tse-dah-ha ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This donation consists of memorabilia, mostly from 1943, from the following American and Canadian airlines: American Airlines; Canadian Pacific ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As early as 1974, managers within the Smithsonian had wondered what to do after the Bicentennial Festival - return to the pattern of smaller ...