Measurements: overall (folded): 17 in x 11 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 43.18 cm x 29.21 cm x .1016 cm ...

This upright piano was made by John Isaac Hawkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1801. Hawkins patented an ingenious small upright piano with a folding keyboard, of which the Smithsonian’s is an ...

Charles Elmer Doolin, founder of the Frito Company, was an inventor with a restless mind. In 1932 he bought the recipe for Fritos (“little fried things”) for $100 from Gustavo Olguin, the owner of a ...

You are in a hallway just outside the entrance to the exhibit. As you entered this space, you passed through an opening in a black-painted wall. Above that opening is the title of the exhibit, ...

Creator: Pullman Palace Car Co.Pullman, George M., 1831-1897Names: Lincoln, Robert Todd ...

Eau de Quinine compound hair tonic was introduced in the 1850s by Ed. Pinaud’s (Edouard Pinaud), a Paris parfumerie. Advertisements indicate that the product was sold into the 1960s. Quinine is a ...

In March of 1968, An Wang saw a prototype of Hewlett-Packard’s HP9100 programmable desktop calculator. This machine reduced the task of finding many scientific functions from programming to pushing a ...

See more items in: Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood ...

Series Creator: Custom CraftScurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders ...