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1908: A Year in the Collections

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


Wilbur Wright

The Purple Dress

Campaign Postcard, 1908

Construction of the U.S. National Museum Building, 1908

Portrait of Margaret Perot

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

Betty Wertheimer

Theodore Roosevelt and family

Ballot Markers, 1908

George Bernard Shaw

Samuel Clemens and Helen Keller

Helena Rubinstein

TIM Unitas Calculating Machine

Robert Edwin Peary

Lili'uokalani

Andrew Carnegie

Woman with Green Parasol

Comptometer Model B, 1/20 Fraction

Riding a Giant Corncob to Market

John Drew

Pocket watch likely carried by Matthew Henson in 1908-1909 Arctic expedition

Baby Talk

Julia Ward Howe

Nikola Tesla

Madame Errázuriz

Postcard, William Howard Taft, 1908

Basket Seller, Cincinatti, Ohio, 1908

Toy Electric Motor and Lineshaft

Burroughs Style 13 Adding Machine

Colgate's Antiseptic Dental Powder, No. 1 Size - to Clease and Whiten the Teeth

Logo pin for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Semi-automatic Telegraph Key

Boy at Loom, Cotton Mill, Indiana, 1908

Purgen


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