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

A truly "grass roots" sport, organized "go-karting" arose in the late 1950s. In the 1930s and late 1940s, various types of smaller open-wheeled race cars had been developed for certain classes of ...

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, ...

The Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American History holds an extraordinary series of early color photographs: sixty-two color daguerreotype plates made by Rev. Levi L. Hill ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

This papier-mâché mask was made by Miguel Caraballo in 1985. Masks like this are typically worn by young men from the neighborhood, who don the costume of a vejigante , a character who roams the ...