Science & Mathematics

The Museum's collections hold thousands of objects related to chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and other sciences. Instruments range from early American telescopes to lasers. Rare glassware and other artifacts from the laboratory of Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen, are among the scientific treasures here. A Gilbert chemistry set of about 1937 and other objects testify to the pleasures of amateur science. Artifacts also help illuminate the social and political history of biology and the roles of women and minorities in science.

The mathematics collection holds artifacts from slide rules and flash cards to code-breaking equipment. More than 1,000 models demonstrate some of the problems and principles of mathematics, and 80 abstract paintings by illustrator and cartoonist Crockett Johnson show his visual interpretations of mathematical theorems.

Following the establishment of the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin in 1836, interest arose in the mineral resources of these regions.
Description
Following the establishment of the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin in 1836, interest arose in the mineral resources of these regions. William Austin Burt, a United States Deputy Surveyor in the region, found that local iron deposits caused serious disturbances in his magnetic compass, leading him to develop the solar compass (several of which are in the Museum collections). Congress authorized a geological survey of the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan in 1847. This map is one result of that project.
This map of Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan extends from 45° to 48°55' north latitude, and from 83°40' to 92°12' longitude west from Greenwich. The several geological features are in different colors.
The text at lower right reads “Prepared PURSUANT to AN Act of Congress APPROVED / MARCH 1ST 1847, ENTITLED ‘AN Act TO ESTABLISH A NEW Land District / AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF MINERAL LANDS IN THE / STATE OF Michigan’ / BY / J. W. FOSTER & J. D. WHITNEY, U.S. GEOLOGISTS / J. Ackerman Lithr 379 Broadway, N.Y.”
After graduating from Yale College and studying chemistry with Robert Hare in Philadelphia and with Charles T. Jackson in Boston, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896) spent several years studying geology and related sciences in Europe. In 1847, as one of the best trained scientists in the United States, he was named first assistant on Jackson’s geological survey of the region around Lake Superior, and was given charge of this project soon thereafter. Working with John Wells Foster (1815-1873), a graduate of Wesleyan University, he prepared a report on the copper lands in 1850, and another on the iron region in 1851, and submitted them to Congress.
J. W. Foster and J. D. Whitney, “Report on the Geology and Topography of a Portion of the Lake Superior Land District in the State of Michigan,” part 2, Congress, Session, House Doc. , 1851.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1851
ID Number
PH.317502
catalog number
317502
accession number
230397
This paper document entitled “MacUser Internet Road Map," is folded like a road map.The information, structured like an outline, has six sections with categories and sub-categories. Every level has a web address and a brief description.
Description
This paper document entitled “MacUser Internet Road Map," is folded like a road map.
The information, structured like an outline, has six sections with categories and sub-categories. Every level has a web address and a brief description. The sections are named Government Information Zone, Education and Reference Zone, Arts and Humanities Zone, MacIntosh Resource Zone, Business and Commerce Zone, and MacUser Magazine.
The reverse side has an index to the categories and sub-categories with map coordinates to locate them, a terminology list, a highlights area listing the most popular sites, instructions on how to connect to the internet, a description of how to read a URL, and the map legend.
Many of the web addresses begin with http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/ which is the address used by Jerry Yang and David Filo (students at Stanford University) in January 1994 when they created “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” In March of 1994 it was shortened to http://www.yahoo.com.
Some addresses listed on the map are still valid, others automatically redirect you to their current site, and a few cannot be found.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1994
publisher
Ziff Davis Media Inc.
maker
Ziff Davis Media Inc.
ID Number
2017.3122.01
nonaccession number
2017.3122
catalog number
2017.3122.01
This German-made polar planimeter has a metal tracer arm attached to a brass arm holding a brass weight, both of which are painted black. The weight is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co (/) GERMANY.
Description
This German-made polar planimeter has a metal tracer arm attached to a brass arm holding a brass weight, both of which are painted black. The weight is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co (/) GERMANY. A black frame, or carriage, on the tracer arm holds a white plastic measuring wheel with vernier and a horizontal white plastic registering dial. The carriage is marked in white: No 3515. A metal test plate is marked: 10 (/) sq. in.
A wooden case is covered with black leather and lined with blue velvet. The top of the case is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. (/) 4211. A rectangular paper label inside the lid is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER COMPANIE [sic] (/) PLANIMETER NO 4211 (/) SERIAL NO 3515. The label has a table for different scales and values of units on the vernier. The constant is 16,000 square inches. The circumference of the measuring roller is handwritten as 2.38469 inches.
A square (1-3/4") card in the case is marked: K+E PLANIMETER (/) 4211 (/) Serial No. 3515 (/) Area of Neutral Circle = 16000 sq. in. (/) This value to be used only when (/) planimeter makes a complete (/) revolution around the pole. (See (/) instructions.) (/) KEUFFEL & ESSER CO.
Keuffel & Esser offered model 4211 from 1925 to sometime between 1936 and 1939. It cost $25.00 in 1936. The serial number on this example indicates it was manufactured after MA.317925.03. For instructions, see MA.317925.03.
K&E introduced the logo on the card in 1949. The model number is written by hand, and a printed "4236" is scratched out. K&E sold model 4236 from 1939 to 1962. This model closely resembled model 4211 and may indeed have replaced that model. The markings on the card suggest this instrument may have been leftover stock, sold considerably later than it was manufactured. The U.S. Census Bureau owned the instrument and transferred it to the Smithsonian in April 1962. The National Museum of American History exhibited this instrument in For the People from 1974 to 1979.
References: Clark McCoy, "Collection of Pages from K&E Catalogs for the 4210 Family of Polar Planimeters," http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/PlanimeterModels/ke4210family.htm, and "Collection of Pages from K&E Catalogs for the 4236 Family of Polar Planimeters," http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/PlanimeterModels/ke4236family.htm; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 38th ed. (New York, 1936), 335.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1925-1939
maker
Keuffel & Esser Co.
ID Number
MA.320138
catalog number
320138
accession number
241591
This German-made polar planimeter has a metal tracer arm attached to a brass arm painted black and holding a brass weight. The weight is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co NY (/) GERMANY.
Description
This German-made polar planimeter has a metal tracer arm attached to a brass arm painted black and holding a brass weight. The weight is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co NY (/) GERMANY. A black frame, or carriage, on the tracer arm holds a white plastic measuring wheel with vernier and a horizontal white plastic registering dial. The carriage is marked in white: No 1380. A metal test plate is marked: 30[square]" 20[square]" 10[square]" 1.5[square]".
A wooden case covered with black leather is lined with blue velvet. The bottom of the case has a typewritten label: C. B. Schmeltzer (Personal). It is also marked: GERMANY. A rectangular paper label inside the lid of the case is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER COMPANY (/) PLANIMETER NO 4211 (/) SERIAL NO 1380. The label has a table for different scales and values of units on the vernier. The constant is 16,000 square inches. The circumference of the measuring roller is handwritten as 2.38464 inches. Various values are written in pencil on the top of the label.
Keuffel & Esser began to advertise model 4211 in 1925 as a slimmer version of a planimeter sold as model 1111 from 1892 to 1901 and as model 4212 from 1901 to 1941. K&E stopped offering model 4211 between 1936 and 1939. It cost $25.00 in 1936. According to instructions received with the instrument (MA.317925.03), model 4211 was the simplest polar planimeter sold by K&E. Compare to MA.320138.
Chauncey Brockway Schmeltzer (1894–1974) owned this planimeter. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1919 and 1920, where he taught until 1926. He also worked in private practice in Urbana, Ill., from 1921 to 1933; the serial number suggests he purchased the instrument around the middle of this time period. He then became an associate engineer appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis until 1936. From 1936, he held the same title at the USDA's Bureau of Agricultural Engineering.
This instrument was received at the Smithsonian in 1975.
References: Clark McCoy, "Collection of Pages from K&E Catalogs for the 4210 Family of Polar Planimeters," http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/PlanimeterModels/ke4210family.htm; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 38th ed. (New York, 1936), 335; Winfield Scott Downs, ed., Who's Who in Engineering, 4th ed. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1937), 1217.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1925-1939
maker
Keuffel & Esser Co.
ID Number
MA.317925.02
accession number
317925
catalog number
317925.02
This small,,square paper instrument is the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map. It was drawn by hand in 1780 by Simeon de Witt, geographer to George Washington and the Continental army.
Description
This small,,square paper instrument is the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map. It was drawn by hand in 1780 by Simeon de Witt, geographer to George Washington and the Continental army. It shows the bright stars visible in Ringwood, New Jersey, where he was stationed.
The upper section of the instrument consists of three parts. The topmost is a rotating disc with an oval cut out of it. The four cardinal points are indicated on the oval. The edge is divided to degrees, with every 10 degrees marked. Below the oval opening is a perpetual calendar for the years 1781 to 1826. This is labeled: 1780 (/) Simeon DeWitt fecit. (/) The Days of the Months for ever. Below the top disc is a rotating disc, attached to the base, that has a star map on it. The map shows first through fifth magnitude stars (first magnitude stars are indicated by a seven-pointed star, second magnitude by a six-pointed star, 3rd magnitude by a five-pointed star, fourth magnitude by a x and fifth magnitude by a dot). Stars are arranged in constellations. In additiion to Ptolemaic constellations, the constellations Lynx, Columba Noachi, Leo Min, Monocerus, Camelopardalis, Mons Menalus, and Antonius are represented. The 1596 Nova in Cetus and the Via Lactea also are shown. The ecliptic, polar circle, Tropic of Cancer, equator, and Tropic of Capricorn are represented by circles. The edge of the disc has two scales, one of days of the year and the second of degrees of the zodiac.
The third part of the instrument is a square base marked at the top "ASTROLABE FOR Lat. 41." On the left side is a list of sixteen stars of first magnitude. On the right is a list of the constellations that contain these stars. The reverse of the base contains a disc allowing one to determine phases of the moon for dates from 1781 to 1834.
Reference:
P.A. Kidwell, "The astrolabe for latitude 41°N of Simeon de Witt: an early American celestial planisphere," Imago Mundi, 2009, 61, pp. 91-96.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1780
maker
De Witt, Simeon
ID Number
MA.333591
catalog number
333591
accession number
1987.0763
This yellow xylonite (celluloid-like plastic) rectangular protractor is contained in a paper wrapper marked: MILITARY PROTRACTOR (/) MADE BY (/) KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. (/) NEW YORK.
Description
This yellow xylonite (celluloid-like plastic) rectangular protractor is contained in a paper wrapper marked: MILITARY PROTRACTOR (/) MADE BY (/) KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. (/) NEW YORK. It is divided by degree and marked by tens from 10° to 170° and from 190° to 350°, both in the clockwise direction. An arrow points to the origin point. A small hole near the 160° mark permits a weight to be suspended so that the protractor functions as a rough clinometer, to measure angles of elevation or slope.
Four slope scales appear on the bottom edge of the instrument. These allow draftsmen to read or draw topographical contours indicating slopes in landforms of 7° and 3-1/2°; 8°, 4°, 2°, and 1°; 10°, 5°, and 2-1/2°; and 12°, 6°, 3°, and 1-1/2°, respectively. The scales for each set of slope measurements are not indicated, but they presumably are standard scales for American military engineering, such as 1:63,360 and 1:25,000.
A scale of inches divided to tenths and marked by ones from 0" to 5" appears on the interior of the protractor. Below that scale are three scales for 1", 3", and 6" to the mile, respectively. Each scale is divided in 100-yard increments. The first is marked by thousands of yards from 1,000 to 8,000; the second is marked by 500 yards from 500 to 2,500; and the third is marked by 500 yards from 500 to 1,000.
Maker's and owner's marks are near the lower edge: KEUFFEL & ESSER CO.; NEW YORK; ENG. DEPT. U.S.A. 1918. The United States Engineering Department was part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 19th and 20th centuries. K&E began to sell this form of military protractor between 1916 and 1921, so this object may have been in use during World War I (as the markings suggest). In 1936, the protractor cost $3.50. The design of the instrument changed again between 1936 and 1943. K&E noted in the 1943 catalog that the changed form was manufactured according to the specifications of the Corps of Engineers.
See also 1977.1141.08 and 1977.1141.09.
References: Norman J. W. Thrower and Ronald U. Cooke, "Scales for Determining Slope from Topographic Maps," The Professional Geographer 20, no. 3 (1968): 181–186; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 34th ed. (New York, 1913), 172; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 35th ed. (New York, 1916), 172; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 36th ed. (New York, 1921), 119; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 38th ed. (New York, 1936), 203; Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser, 39th ed. (New York, 1943), 110. Although the illustration is correct in the 1921 catalog, the description is of the form advertised in the 1913 and 1916 catalogs. The 1936 description matches the illustration printed in 1921 and 1936, as well as this example of the military protractor.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1918
maker
Keuffel & Esser Co.
ID Number
MA.325515
accession number
257193
catalog number
325515
Tycho Brahe, the pre-eminent astronomical observer of the 16th century, established an observatory on the Danish island of Hven in the 1570s.
Description
Tycho Brahe, the pre-eminent astronomical observer of the 16th century, established an observatory on the Danish island of Hven in the 1570s. This copper engraved map of that island was printed in 1586, and included in the 4th volume of Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Cologne, 1594). The original was drawn a few years earlier either by Brahe or under his supervision.
Here, West is at top. The inset at top left shows the façade and a floor plan of Brahe’s castle, Uraniborg. The inset at top right shows Uraniborg in its walled Renaissance garden. The inset at bottom right shows Brahe’s large quadrant and his large equatorial armillary sphere; the legend below names various features on the map. Stjernborg, Brahe’s newer observatory, is identified but not yet named. The text in the inset at bottom left reads: “Topographia Insulae Huenae in celebri porthmo Regni Daniae, quem Vulgo Oer: sunt vocant. Effigiata Coloniae 1586.”
Ref: Michael Jones, “Tycho Brahe (Tyge Ottesen Brahe) 1546-1601,” Geographers Bibliographical Studies 27 (2008): no pagination.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1586
ID Number
PH.326993
catalog number
326993
accession number
264487
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Beach” (the San Diego area) in 1993. It was created by artist Terry Guyer for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
Description (Brief)
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Beach” (the San Diego area) in 1993. It was created by artist Terry Guyer for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
date made
1993
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.02
catalog number
1994.3092.02
nonaccession number
1994.3092
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of North Carolina’s “Research Triangle” in 1992. It was created by artists Kat Wilson and Jay Jung for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
Description (Brief)
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of North Carolina’s “Research Triangle” in 1992. It was created by artists Kat Wilson and Jay Jung for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
date made
1992
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.03
catalog number
1994.3092.03
nonaccession number
1994.3092
P. S. Duval and Company (ca 1840s-1858) of Philadelphia produced this chromolithographic print from an original illustration by John M. Stanley (1814-1872).
Description (Brief)
P. S. Duval and Company (ca 1840s-1858) of Philadelphia produced this chromolithographic print from an original illustration by John M. Stanley (1814-1872). The image of "Wooden Ware, etc." was published as Plate X in Volume 2, following page 116 of Appendix E (Indian Antiquities) by Thomas Ewbank (1792-1870) in the report describing "The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the Years 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852" by James M. Gillis (1811-1865). The volume was printed in 1855 by A. O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855
original artist
Wallis, O. J.
Dreser, William
Herbst, Francis
graphic artist
Sinclair, Thomas
Dougal, William H.
Duval, Peter S.
printer
Nicholson, A. O. P.
publisher
United States Navy
original artist
Richard, John H.
Stanley, John Mix
Siebert, Selmar
author
Cassin, John
Ewbank, Thomas
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Gilliss, James Melville
ID Number
2007.0204.01
accession number
2007.0204
catalog number
2007.0204.01
This Both’s patent section liner and scale divider was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York. Adolph Both of Portland, Maine was issued patent no. 393,290 on November 20, 1888, for section liner improvements.
Description
This Both’s patent section liner and scale divider was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York. Adolph Both of Portland, Maine was issued patent no. 393,290 on November 20, 1888, for section liner improvements. In the 1909 K&E catalog the instrument was item #1159 and sold for $12.00 (equivalent to about $303 in 2019). The instrument is made primarily of brass and steel. It consists of a carriage and a rack bar which slides under the carriage. The carriage has a semi-circular protractor, a ruler arm, and a mechanism that engages the teeth of the rack bar. The slide and ruler arm advance on the rack bar by pressing on a knob, taking from one to six teeth at a time according how the adjusting nut is set.
When not in use the instrument is stored in a varnished wooden box with hinges and a locking clasp. The exterior of the lid is stamped in black with the product name and the company’s information. The interior of the box has a velvet lined bottom and is fitted to secure the instrument. The underside of the lid has a printed label with instructions and a list of commonly used angles.
Draftsmen used this tool to draw precise parallel lines, a means of producing shading. This section liner was used by a map maker in Buffalo, NY prior to 1960.
References:
Keuffel and Esser Company, Catalogue, New York; Keuffel & Esser, 1909, p. 163.
Accession File
Location
Currently not on view
maker
Keuffel & Esser Co.
ID Number
2018.0283.01
accession number
2018.0283
catalog number
2018.0283.01
This sleeveless T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Beach” (the San Diego area) in 1993. It was created by artist Terry Guyer for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
This sleeveless T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Beach” (the San Diego area) in 1993. It was created by artist Terry Guyer for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1993
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.06
catalog number
1994.3092.06
nonaccession number
1994.3092
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1991.
Description (Brief)
This poster depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1991. It was created by artist Kat Wilson for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
Starting in 1984, Synergistic Designs created a series of artwork maps it dubbed “FusionScapes” to promote regional areas of high technology, particularly biotechnology. The maps depicted local businesses and research facilities, and were intended to serve as “both a fun conversation piece and an effective line of corporate image-enhancement tools.” Concentrated centers of biotechnology throughout the United States were given catchy nicknames referring to the region and its ties to genetics. Among these names were “Genetown” (a play on “Beantown” for the greater Boston area) and “BioForest” (the name for the Pacific Northwest biotech industry.)
Companies, universities, and research facilities in the biotech field paid to be included on the maps as well as in regional directories, which were updated every other year. The maps were printed on posters, postcards, T–shirts and other promotional ephemera, and could be modified to highlight specific institutions. By the mid-1990s, Synergistic Designs shifted its emphasis from traditional printed promotional materials to a website that integrated all of the regions of biotechnology in a single space. BioSpace.com launched in 1996 with the intention of being a “virtual on-going trade conference for the global biotech industry.” The site was still live and publishing new regional biotech maps as of 2012.
Today, the older maps provide unique historical snapshots of the development of the biotechnology industries in the different regions of the United States.
Sources:
“Synergistic designs unveils 4th Biotech Bay promotional campaign; demonstrates biospace web site enhancements” PR Newswire.
“Md. Biotech industry setting up Web site ‘Nonstop trade show’ starts next month at www.biospace.com.” Guidera, Mark. Baltimore Sun. August 28, 1996.
1994 Biotech Bay Directory
Accession File
date made
1991
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.01
catalog number
1994.3092.01
nonaccession number
1994.3092
This clear plastic semicircular protractor is divided by ten mils and marked by hundreds from 100 to 3,100 in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. It is also divided by single degrees and marked by tens from 0° to 180° in both directions.
Description
This clear plastic semicircular protractor is divided by ten mils and marked by hundreds from 100 to 3,100 in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. It is also divided by single degrees and marked by tens from 0° to 180° in both directions. Diagonal lines extend some of the measurement markings out to the edges of the rectangle surrounding the protractor. Pinholes are at the origin point and in the upper left and right corners. The interior of the protractor has cutout stencils for a circle, triangle, square, and two oblong shapes. The middle also contains scales placed at right angles to each other. They are divided and marked by hundreds from 1,000 to 2[00]. The scales are labeled: 1:21120.
The left edge of the rectangular plastic piece is divided by tenths of an inch and marked by ones from 1 to 3. Inside the 3-inch ruler is a scale for mils divided by hundreds and marked by thousands from 5,000 to 1,000. The scale continues on the top of the rectangle, again divided by hundreds and marked by thousands from 5,000 to 1,000. The scale is labeled: 1:62500. On the right side of the top is a scale labeled: 1:20,000. It is divided and marked by hundreds from 1,000 to 2[00]. This scale also repeats on the right side of the rectangle. On the right edge of the rectangle, there is a scale divided by millimeters and marked by ones from 1 to 7. It is labeled: METRIC.
The bottom of the protractor bears a scale divided by hundreds and marked by thousands from 1,000 to 8,000. It is labeled: 1:62500. The bottom edge has a second scale, divided by hundreds and marked by five hundreds from 500 to 3,000. It is labeled: 1:21120. The name of the instrument is printed on the very bottom edge: MAP COORDINATOR AND PROTRACTOR - A-10. Donor Ben Rau dated the object to 1942.
See also 1977.1141.01, 1977.1141.02, 1977.1141.03, 1977.1141.05, 1977.1141.08, 1977.1141.09, 1977.1141.10, 1977.1141.11, 1977.1141.12, 1977.1141.18, 1977.1141.19, 1977.1141.20, 1977.1141.22, 1977.1141.23, 1977.1141.24, 1977.1141.30, and 1977.1141.39.
Location
Currently not on view
date attributed by donor
1942
maker
Felsenthal
ID Number
1977.1141.21
accession number
1977.1141
catalog number
336405
This engraved woodblock of the “Earliest map showing [the] location of the Cherokees, 1597” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate VII (p.128) in an article by Charles Royce (1845-1923) entitled “The Cherokee Nation of
Description
This engraved woodblock of the “Earliest map showing [the] location of the Cherokees, 1597” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate VII (p.128) in an article by Charles Royce (1845-1923) entitled “The Cherokee Nation of Indians: a narrative of their official relations with the colonial and federal governments” in the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1883-84.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1887
publisher
Government Printing Office
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
U.S. Government Printing Office
author
Royce, Charles C.
block maker
J. J. & Co.
ID Number
1980.0219.1531
catalog number
1980.0219.1531
accession number
1980.0219
This T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1991.
Description (Brief)
This T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1991. It was customized to highlight one of the firms, Genentech, with an orange star over the Genentech campus, the Genentech logo on the sleeve, and the slogan “Success is in our genes” on the back. The original image was created by artist Kat Wilson for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1991
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.05
catalog number
1994.3092.05
nonaccession number
1994.3092
This T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1994. The image was created by an artist for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
This T–shirt depicts some of the biotechnology firms of “Biotech Bay” (the San Francisco Bay area) in 1994. The image was created by an artist for Synergistic Designs, a promotional media publisher.
For more information, see object 1994.3092.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1994
maker
Synergistic Designs
ID Number
1994.3092.07
catalog number
1994.3092.07
nonaccession number
1994.3092

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