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EXPOSITIONS. 



Jamestown T er-G entcnnlal Exposition. — The participation by the 

 Smithsonian Institution and National Museum in the Jamestown 

 Exposition, which opened on April 2(3, 1907, was outlined in the last 

 report. The exhibit, prepared and maintained under the direction 

 of jNIr. V\\ de C. Ravenel, who represented these establishments on 

 the government board, was, in accordance with the act of Congress, 

 designed to illustrate the aboriginal, colonial, and national history 

 of America, and, notwithstanding the small allotment granted, it 

 proved an especially noteworthy feature. Although the exposition 

 closed on November 30, the dismantling of the exhibits was, by direc- 

 tion of the President, deferred until January 18, 1908, but by Febru- 

 ary 10 all the objects belonging to the Institution and Museum had 

 been shipped to Washington. 



Besides the material taken from the existing collections, many addi- 

 tional groups and objects were specially prepared or purchased for 

 the exposition, and these have since been incorporated in the collec- 

 tions of the Museum. Among them was a group of 14 white and 

 Indian figures representing a trading expedition by Capt. John 

 Smith at the mouth of the James River in IGOT, designed by Mr. 

 William H. Holmes, and executed under his direction by Mr. H. W. 

 Hendley and Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar. Another exhibit, prepared under 

 the supervision of Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy, curator of medi- 

 cine, was a collection illustrative of the history of medicine in 

 America by means of photographs of distinguished medical men, 

 with information regarding their achievements, from the physician 

 who accompanied Captain Smith to America to Dr. Carlos Finlay, 

 Avho is credited with having first formulated a definite theory as to 

 the transmission of yellow fever b}^ the mosquito. 



The other more important acquisitions from the same source Avere 

 as follows: One hundred and thirty-three enlarged colored photo- 

 graphs of individuals who have attained prominence in connection 

 with the history of America ; 17 enlarged colored photographs from 

 colored drawings made by John White for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 ; 

 48 engravings, paintings, and photographs of historic scenes and land- 

 marks; 27 enlarged photographs illustrating the history of the Capi- 

 tol; 4 groups of two figures each, representing by costumes of the 

 colonial j^eriod the nations most prominent in the settlement of 

 America; a model of John Stevens's side- wheel steamboat, the Phoe- 

 nix; a model of the side-wheel steamship Savannah; a model of an 

 American Indian travois ; a primitive sled ; a number of the gold coins 

 of the United States; and a fine color photograph from a painting, by 

 Miley & Sons, of Lexington, Va. A number of cases and other pieces 

 of furniture, used in connection with other exhibits, were also secured 

 for the Museum. 



