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Unstacked

Unstacked is a collection of images from across the Smithsonian Libraries chosen to help spark inquiry, analysis, and discussion within the classroom. Each image in this collection contains more descriptive information about the subject depicted, along with questions to help initiate conversations.

The collection is also available in the Smithsonian Learning Lab - a platform built for educators and learners to discover online media and create and share resources with a global community of peers.

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Interior lowland forest on Pulau Tenggol, Tenggol Archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia.
Interior lowland forest on Pulau Tenggol, Tenggol Archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia from Bonner zoologische Monographien.
Terrapin Rock and Horse-Shoe Falls.
Terrapin Rock and Horse-Shoe Falls from Health and pleasure on America's greatest railroad.
The Johnstone River flowing through the rainforest of Palmerston National Park.
The Johnstone River flowing through the rainforest of Palmerston National Park from Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.
Windswept Pulau Tokong Burong, Seribuat Archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia.
Windswept Pulau Tokong Burong, Seribuat Archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia from Bonner zoologische Monographien.
A turn of the century ceremonial flags stands in contrast to signs illustrating discrimination
"A turn of the century ceremonial flags stands in contrast to signs illustrating discrimination" from Anthro notes
Chinese passengers sailed to Hawai‘i in 1901 to join thousands of other sugar plantation workers from China, Japan, and Portugal.
"Chinese passengers sailed to Hawai‘i in 1901" from 1989 Festival of American Folklife catalog
Hula dancers perform at the 1987 Merrie March Festival held in Hilo.
"Hula dancers perform at the 1987 Merrie March Festival held in Hilo" from 1989 Festival of American Folklife catalog
Indian American children learn a Bengali folk dance in preparation for a festival, Berkeley, California, 1982.
"Indian American children learn a Bengali folk dance" from 1985 Festival of American Folklife catalog
Lee's Chinese grocery in Ferriday, Louisiana, is run by the second generation of the family.
"Lee's Chinese grocery in Ferriday, Louisiana, is run by the second generation of the family" from Festival of American Folklife 1997 catalog
Sabra Kauka, a Native Hawaiian basket weaver from Lihu'e, Kaua'I, makes a basket out of lauhala (pandanus leaves)
"Sabra Kauka, a Native Hawaiian basket weaver from Lihu'e, Kaua'I" in 40th Annual Smithson Folklife Festival catalog
Sally Chow cooks a steak, string bean, and tofu stir-fry in Mississippi
"Sally Chow cooks a steak, string bean, and tofu stir-fry in Mississippi" from 39th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival catalog
The interior of the projectile.
"The interior of the projectile" from From the Earth to the Moon
The rice cake, made of glutinous rice filled with mung beans and meat, is wrapped in banana or bamboo leaves and foil, and steamed.
"The rice cake, made of glutinous rice filled with mung beans and meat, is wrapped in banana or bamboo leaves" from Festival of American Folklife catalog
The Vietnamese-owned Donut Palace in Port Aransas caters to multicultural community of the Texas Gulf Coast.
"The Vietnamese-owned Donut Palace in Port Aransas" from The 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival catalog
Vietnamese grocery stores help to maintain the familiar in the immigrants' daily lives by selling Vietnamese foods, newspapers and books, and casettes of traditional and popular music.
"Vietnamese grocery stores help to maintain the familiar in the immigrants' daily lives" from Festival of American Folklife catalog
A corner of the flower farm in harvest time.
A corner of the flower farm in harvest time from American homes and gardens.
A cotton plant showing the bolls injured by the conchuela
A cotton plant showing the bolls injured by the conchuela from Bulletin
A few days old.
A few days old from American homes and gardens.
A first rate ship of war with rigging
A first rate ship of war with rigging from The new American practical navigator
A flock of nearly two thousand Angoras photographed at Ward's Ranch Manor.
A flock of nearly two thousand Angoras photographed at Ward's Ranch Manor from American homes and gardens.
A map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.
A map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands from The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
A Map of the World.
A Map of the World from A new voyage round the world.
A modern student lamp.
A modern student lamp from American Homes and Gardens.
A Native of Santa Ana.
A Native of Santa Ana from Bulletin -- Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology.
A roller skating rink pays better than you think.
A roller skating rink pays better than you think from The Street railway journal.
A Russian armored car in Poland Collier's photographic history of the European War.
A small karst island in the Son Hai Archipelago, Vietnam
A small karst island in the Son Hai Archipelago, Vietnam from Bonner zoologische Monographien
A small piece of human muscle containing encysted young of Trichina spiralis from The external and internal parasites of man and domestic animals.
A snapshot of a gray Screech Owl.
A snapshot of a gray Screech Owl from Bird lore.
A tornado photographed from Nature.
A view of the Arch of Hadrian from The antiqvities of Athens.
Adelie Penguins waiting for the melting of the snow so as to build their nests on the rocks beneath.
Adelie Penguins waiting for the melting of the snow so as to build their nests on the rocks beneath from Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
General Map. Adjacent parts of North America and Asia.
Adjacent parts of North America and Asia from Alaskan boundary tribunal.
Adulto (ingrandito circa cinque volte).
Adulto (ingrandito circa cinque volte) from Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portici.
Advertisement on car.
Advertisement on car from Electric railway journal.
Aeroplane parachute dropped from the Eiffel Tower from Popular electricity magazine in plain English.
Aesculus glabra.
Aesculus glabra from Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America.
Albany parade from Electric railway journal.
Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull from Early American paintings.
Aloe.
Aloe from Kreuterbuch.
Amarylis disticha, The bulb is used for poisoning arrows.
Amarylis disticha, The bulb is used for poisoning arrows from A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots.
American wheels.
American wheels from The bicycling world.
Amorphophallus campanulatus.
Amorphophallus campanulatus from Rumphia, sive, Commentationes botanicæ imprimis de plantis Indiæ Orientalis.
Amphitheatre at Pola
Amphitheatre at Pola from The antiqvities of Athens.
An aeroplane ready for war from Collier's photographic history of the European War.
An Arab Sheikh from Travels between the years 1765 and 1773 through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia into Abyssinia.
An illustration of Axel Cronstedt’s recommended pocket mineralogist’s toolkit.
An illustration of Axel Cronstedt’s recommended pocket mineralogist’s toolkit from An essay towards a system of mineralogy.
Ancient Firefighters from Les raisons des forces mouuantes auec diuerses machines tant vtilles que plaisantes
Angostura Bitters
Angostura Bitters from Trinidad: then and now
Another 20-H.P. runabout.
Another 20-H.P. runabout from American Homes and Gardens
Ansco cameras and Speedex film.
Ansco cameras and Speedex film from Portrait.
Areas fished by the commercial snapper fleet in the Gulf of Mexico.
Areas fished by the commercial snapper fleet in the Gulf of Mexico from Commercial fisheries review.
Armillary Sphere
Armillary Sphere from Epytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei
Arterial system of man from Animal physiology.
Artillery with Russia's Great Army from Collier's photographic history of the European War.
Ascension éxecutée par Charles dans La Prairie de Nesles, le 1 Decémbre 1783.
Ascension éxecutée par Charles dans La Prairie de Nesles, le 1 Decémbre 1783 from Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres.
Astrolabe in use.
Astrolabe in use from Elvcidatio fabricae vsvsque.
Australia and New South Wales.
Australia and New South Wales from Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.
Automatic electric washer.
Automatic electric washer from Popular electricity magazine in plain English.
Bald eagle.
Bald eagle from Zoological Society bulletin.
Ball rackets. Shinny ball and stick.
Ball rackets. Shinny ball and stick from Bulletin -- Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology.
Banner Lamps from The Street railway journal.
Barren Island from Volcanoes and earthquakes.
Battle of the Marne.
Battleship's wireless room from Popular electricity magazine in plain English.
Beautiful exotic bees from Curiosities of entomology.
Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the beast picture book.
Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood.
Bison from Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history.
Bones from Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art.
Porrum sectivum
Botanical Herb from De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
Botany : I. Lower Cryptogamia. II. Phanerogamia of the Pacific Coast of North America
Braided edge Mexican hammock from The American Garden.
Breadfruit
Breadfruit from Edible and poisonous plants of the Caribbean region
Bridge over London
Bridge over London from The beauty of the heavens : a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe
Fig. 16. Brillenschlange
Brillenschlange from Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde.
Brittany.
Brittany from Nature and Art.
Broadway at City Hall from Popular electricity magazine in plain English.
Brook trout; speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis.
Brook trout; speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis from Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.
Bureau centrale telephonique
Bureau centrale telephonique from Les nouvelles conquetes de la science.

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