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Americans have always been a people on the move—on rails,
roads, and waterways. Collections include road, rail, and maritime
objects |
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Journey though the history of the United States to learn
how transportation changed American lives and landscapes |
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America
by Air
The development of commercial air transport is examined
in this new gallery |
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The history of corporate aircraft |
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The progress in aviation between World War I and World
War II |
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Facts and activities on flight |
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Focuses on the development of jet aviation and related
technology |
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Automobiles
& Road Transportation |
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Reading list |
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Fact sheet for children on early cars |
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Scale carriage drawings |
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The history of the Studebaker, from 1852 through 1964,
covers important milestones and illustrations |
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Reading list |
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Reading listt |
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Research resources |
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Its design epitomized new automotive trends in the immediate
postwar years |
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Boats
& Marine Transportation |
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History and operation of nuclear-powered submarines and
the lives of submariners |
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Online version of an exhibition on the history of the
building of the Panama Canal |
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General information. See also "When
that Great Ship Went Down", a Folkways Recording |
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The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans is a
valuable resource for the maritime historian, the student
of naval architecture, other scholars, the model builder,
and craftspeople |
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The early history of mail service from pre-Revolutionary
America through the end of the 19th century |
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Vehicles used to carry the mail, including airplanes,
trucks, trains and stagecoaches |
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The Titanic was more than the largest and most
luxurious vessel of her time. She was also an “R.M.S.,”
a “Royal Mail Ship.” |
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Includes an online Lighthouse Postcard Collection |
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most significant
recent advance in navigation technology |
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In a museum version of musical chairs--except that the
"chairs" are historic steam locomotives weighing
up to 25 tons each--the Smithsonian Institution relocated
three of its most important artifacts |
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The steam locomotive "John Bull" ran for 35
years, pulling trains of passengers and cargo between
the two largest cities of the time, Philadelphia and
New York
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Vehicles used to carry the mail, including airplanes,
trucks, trains and stagecoaches |
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American
History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America |
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Air
and Space Museum
History, science, and technology of aviation and space flight |
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Postal
Museum
Interactive museum of postal history and philately |
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Air
and Space Museum Archives
Acquires and preserves documentary materials of air and space flight |
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Air
and Space Museum Library
Collection covers aeronautics, the history of aviation and space flight,
astronomy, and Earth and planetary sciences |
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Garber
Restoration Facility
Preserves, stores and restores aircraft, spacecraft, and other artifacts
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Information
Technology & Society Division
Dedicates its collections and scholarship to information technologies
and their role in American history |
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Udvar-Hazy
Center
Displays and preserves historic aviation and space artifacts |
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Smithsonian
Journeys Travel tours featuring trains |
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Air
and Space Magazine
Scholarly magazine devoted to flight |
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