Collection Spotlights

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Light wooden blackboard compass. One end has a rubber tip, and the other has a chalk tip.

Dividers & Compasses

Woman and a Dog

Dog: Museum’s Best Friend

Miles Davis jacket

Don't Forget Your Jacket

donuts

Doughnut vs. Donut

Martin Luther King Jr. with arm outstretched with the columns of the Lincoln Memorial behind him

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – A Drum Major for Justice

Album page with one loose Apollo Soyuz stamp and a cover with space-related stamps addressed to Dr. Sally K. Ride

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection

Brown stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 1

Red stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 2

Red stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 3

Blue stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 4

Blue stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 5

Green stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 6

Brown stamp album with line and insignia embossed in gold

Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 7

Sally Ride

Dr. Sally K. Ride: First American Woman in Space

Drafting Pens and Pencils

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: Jazz Legend and Cultural Icon

Model T

Early Cars: Fact Sheet for Kids

An old biplane against a black background.

Early Flight

Earth Day Celebrated postage stamp showing hands holding the Earth

Earth Day

photograph of Edmonia Lewis.

Edmonia Lewis

Edward S. Curtis self portrait

Edward S. Curtis

El Monte sweatshop

El Monte Sweatshop: Operation, Raid, and Legacy

Battery

Electricity and Magnetism

Black and white calculator. Left side keys read, "K," "C," and "CE." Middle keys are numbered 0-9. Right side keys are mathematical symbols.

Electronic Calculators—Desktop

Black HP-35 calculator. To its right is its blue-gray case and blue instruction manual, and to its left is its charger and carrying pouch.

Electronic Calculators—Handheld

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