Energy & Power
The Museum's collections on energy and power illuminate the role of fire, steam, wind, water, electricity, and the atom in the nation's history. The artifacts include wood-burning stoves, water turbines, and windmills, as well as steam, gas, and diesel engines. Oil-exploration and coal-mining equipment form part of these collections, along with a computer that controlled a power plant and even bubble chambers—a tool of physicists to study protons, electrons, and other charged particles.
A special strength of the collections lies in objects related to the history of electrical power, including generators, batteries, cables, transformers, and early photovoltaic cells. A group of Thomas Edison's earliest light bulbs are a precious treasure. Hundreds of other objects represent the innumerable uses of electricity, from streetlights and railway signals to microwave ovens and satellite equipment.
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Somersault
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0570
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0570
- maker number
- 138
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Eagle, flying
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0653
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0653
- maker number
- 1109
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Mule Denver Butted by a Man
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0612
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0612
- maker number
- 663
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"Hornet" attempting to jump three horses
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0603
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0603
- maker number
- 641
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Rowing
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0747
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0747
- maker number
- 1511
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Fencing
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0741
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0741
- maker number
- 1497
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Cockatoo flying
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0554
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0554
- maker number
- 1181
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Jumping, running, broad jump
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge's cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects. Muybridge added two more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear "foreshortening" views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record complete images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. The mounted cyanotypes for plate 55 represent one of over 750 sets of proofs in this unique collection of early photography of motion at the Smithsonian. Comparisons between Muybridge's working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotype in the portfolio "Animal Locomotion."
- date made
- 1885-07-06
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0130
- catalog number
- 3856.0130
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1084
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dancing (fancy)
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge's cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects. Muybridge added two more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear "foreshortening" views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record complete images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. The mounted cyanotypes for plate 55 represent one of over 750 sets of proofs in this unique collection of early photography of motion at the Smithsonian. Comparisons between Muybridge's working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotype in the portfolio "Animal Locomotion."
- date made
- 1885-07-28
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0149
- catalog number
- 3856.0149
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1015
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Movements with jar
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0395
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1417
- catalog number
- 3856.0395
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Playing with a ball
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0237
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1484
- catalog number
- 3856.0237
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Man Walking
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0004
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 555
- catalog number
- 3856.0004
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Fast Walk
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0581
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 524
- catalog number
- 3856.0581
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Walking
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0003
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0003
- maker number
- 525
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Foot ball
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0239
- catalog number
- 3856.0239
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1492
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Various Movements with a Jar
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0383
- catalog number
- 3856.0383
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1420
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dropping and lifting handkerchief
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0161
- accession number
- 98473
- catalog number
- 3856.0161
- maker number
- 830
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Shoeing Horse
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0390
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1458
- catalog number
- 3856.0390
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Movements with jar
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0394
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 1416
- catalog number
- 3856.0394
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Man Walking
- Description
- Eadweard Muybridge’s cyanotypes are working proofs (contact prints) made from the more than 20,000 negatives he took at the University of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1886. There Muybridge photographed human and animal subjects in motion from lateral (parallel), front and rear positions. For the lateral views he used up to 36 lenses in 12 to 24 cameras placed at 90-degree angles to his subjects, and he added more cameras, each holding up to 12 lenses and placed at 60-degree angles, for the front and rear “foreshortening” views.
- Since the original negatives no longer exist, the cyanotypes record full images before Muybridge edited and cropped them for publication. Over 800 sets of proofs exist in the unique collection found in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Comparisons between Muybridge’s working cyanotype proofs and his final collotype prints prove that he freely reprinted, cropped, deleted or substituted negatives to make the assemblage of 781 collotypes in the portfolio Animal Locomotion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884-1886
- maker
- Muybridge, Eadweard
- ID Number
- PG.003856.0007
- accession number
- 98473
- maker number
- 541
- catalog number
- 3856.0007
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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