The National Museum of American History / by Megan Cooley Peterson.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781515779766
- 1515779769
- 9781515779889
- 1515779882
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 069.0975 P485 | Available | 33111009211612 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What do Abraham Lincoln's hat, a violin used as a journal, and an Apple II personal computer all have in common? They are some of the amazing artifacts on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Take a tour through the museum's collections. Engaging text, graphs, maps, and colorful images help readers discover the stories behind some of America's most treasured pieces of history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Treasures at the museum -- Civil War diary -- Calling the future -- Medical salves and cure-alls -- Ice cream and the refrigerator -- Greensboro lunch counter -- Clamshell currency -- Thomas Jefferson's portable desk -- Artificial body parts -- Cher Ami -- Thomas Edison's light bulb -- Presidential top hat -- Apple II computer.
What do Abraham Lincoln's hat, a violin used as a journal, and an Apple II personal computer all have in common? They are some of the amazing artifacts on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Take a tour through the museum's collections. Engaging text, graphs, maps, and colorful images help readers discover the stories behind some of America's most treasured pieces of history.
RL: 3-4 ; IL: 2-5