Collection Spotlights

View curated sets of collection items. Many of the collection items feature stories from our experts and curators.

Copeland steam tricycle in front of the Smithsonian Castle.

1888: A Year in the Collections

Take Me Out to the Ball Game sheet music

1908: A Year in the Collections

Suffrage Procession of women holding American flags.

1917: A Year in the Collections

wwI soldier identity card

1918: A Year in the Collections

Sheet music for the song Tell Me Little Gypsy from Ziegfeld Follies 1920 revue.

1920: A Year in the Collections

decorative 1921 dish

1921: A Year in the Collections

painting of people getting into a taxi cab

1924: A Year in the Collections

U.S. Army twin float seaplane

1925: A Year in the Collections

2c Sesquicentennial Exposition single with the Liberty Bell

1926: A Year in the Collections

Spirit of St Louis plane

1927: A Year in the Collections

deco clock

1928: A Year in the Collections

round Fox Mickey Mouse Club pin

1930: A Year in the Collections

Amelia Earhart portrait

1937: A Year in the Collections

Jackie Robinson

1947: A Year in the Collections

Truman holds up newspaper with headline Dewey Defeats Truman

1948: A Year in the Colletions

dark blue GMC pickup truck

1949: A Year in the Collections

42c 1957 Chrysler 300C single

1957: A Year In The Collections

March on Washington pennant

1963 March on Washington

the word Love with L O stacked over V E

1967: A Year in the Collections

two men holding signs saying Honor King End Racism and Union Justice Now

1968: A Year in the Collections

Apollo 11 lunch box

1969: A Year in the Collections

red Honda Civic

1970s: A Decade in the Collections

sign saying Sorry! Last car in this line

1973: A Year in the Collections

A homemade poster calling for the impeachment of President Nixon. An audio tape, eraser, and scissors are taped to the poster.

1974: A Year in the Collections

Poster saying the war is over as a woman stands with outstretched arms surrounded by white doves

1975: A Year in the Collections

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