This brochure, based on an 1875 panoramic photo, provides a brief history of the design of the National Mall.
Diane Wendt
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1982
Research Specialties:
History of pharmacy, vaccines and biologicals, contraception, botanical drugs, patent medicines, consumer health products, manufacturing and advertising.
Projects:
Current Projects:
- From DNA to Better Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry, collaborative exhibition with the National Library of Medicine, opening Oct 2013 at NLM
- The Birth of Biotech, exhibition, opening October 2013
Past Projects:
- "So Much Need of Service" The Diary of a Civil War Nurse, exhibition, 2011
- Marketing Medicines, 1880-1930, exhibition, 2008
- Whatever Happened to Polio? exhibition, 2005
- Balm of America, web catalog of patent medicine collection
- History of the Sterling Drug Company
- History of the G.W. Aimar Drug Company of Charleston, S.C.
- Pharmaceutical archival collections at the Smithsonian
- Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 20th Century exhibition, 1996-7
Professional Affiliations:
American Institute for the History of Pharmacy
Blog Posts
Kids pitched in to defeat disease and advance medical research
February 24, 2016
Standing up against disease together—or not
February 23, 2016
12 kids who helped a doubting public accept the smallpox vaccine
August 28, 2015
Beyond the basic Valentine's bouquet: Botanical models, flower x-rays, and Robert Burns roses
February 13, 2014
Two tons of pig parts: Making insulin in the 1920s
November 1, 2013
Surviving rabies 100 years ago
October 28, 2013
This will NOT protect you from swine flu
September 1, 2009
Publications
"Changing in Place: Public Spaces on the National Mall"
companion piece to the exhibition "Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 20th Century" (1996).
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