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  ANNUAL 
  riEPOllT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  tioning 
  of 
  cottonseed 
  for 
  oil 
  extraction 
  by 
  a 
  process 
  of 
  second 
  gin- 
  

   ning. 
  The 
  exhibit 
  illustrates 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  for 
  many 
  purposes. 
  

   Over 
  200 
  specimens 
  of 
  hides, 
  skins, 
  and 
  leather 
  products 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Tanners' 
  Council 
  of 
  America 
  forms 
  a 
  valuable 
  collection, 
  

   illustrating 
  commercial 
  use 
  of 
  leather 
  products. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  95 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  footwear, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Frank 
  G. 
  Carpenter 
  

   during 
  his 
  extensive 
  travels, 
  has 
  been 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  William 
  

   Chapin 
  Huntington. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  medicine 
  an 
  instructive 
  exhibit 
  relating 
  to 
  vision 
  

   was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Optometric 
  Association, 
  through 
  

   Dr. 
  Thomas 
  H. 
  Martin. 
  A 
  second 
  exhibit, 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Dental 
  Association, 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  oral 
  hygiene. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  wood 
  technology 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  accession 
  has 
  

   been 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  801 
  wood 
  samples 
  received 
  as 
  an 
  exchange 
  from 
  Yale 
  

   University 
  School 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  through 
  Prof. 
  Samuel 
  J. 
  Record, 
  

   coming 
  mainly 
  from 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  tropical 
  America. 
  New 
  

   exhibits 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  have 
  included 
  sets 
  of 
  wood 
  products 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mason 
  Fiber 
  Co., 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  fireplace 
  fuel 
  made 
  from 
  compressed 
  

   wood 
  waste 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  Products 
  Co. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  graphic 
  arts 
  there 
  has 
  come 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  

   2,000 
  prints 
  and 
  etched 
  copper 
  plates 
  from 
  Jean 
  Leon 
  Gerome 
  Ferris, 
  

   including 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  many 
  famous 
  artists, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  etchings 
  by 
  

   the 
  donor 
  and 
  his 
  father, 
  Stephen 
  J. 
  Ferris. 
  The 
  gift 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  value 
  

   and 
  importance. 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Edwin 
  Ruclge 
  contributed 
  many 
  

   examples 
  of 
  prints 
  and 
  samples 
  of 
  aquatone 
  from 
  his 
  printing 
  estab- 
  

   lishment. 
  In 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  photography 
  Miss 
  Lillian 
  M. 
  Fletcher 
  

   presented 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  paper 
  negatives 
  made 
  by 
  her 
  father, 
  Abel 
  Fletcher, 
  

   about 
  1845, 
  representing 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  paper 
  negatives 
  

   made 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Loeb 
  collection 
  of 
  chemical 
  types 
  175 
  specimens 
  of 
  rare 
  

   chemicals 
  were 
  received. 
  Many 
  new 
  contacts 
  with 
  research 
  workers 
  

   in 
  the 
  chemical 
  field 
  promise 
  much 
  new 
  material 
  in 
  coming 
  months. 
  

  

  History. 
  — 
  The 
  Mainland 
  Historical 
  Society 
  presented 
  three 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  belonging 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  Star-Spangled 
  Banner, 
  removed 
  

   many 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  the 
  original 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  flag. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  recalled 
  

   that 
  this 
  flag 
  was 
  flown 
  over 
  Fort 
  McHenry 
  on 
  September 
  13 
  and 
  

   14, 
  1814, 
  and 
  Avas 
  immortalized 
  by 
  Key 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Star-Spangled 
  

   Banner." 
  

  

  Mrs, 
  Calvin 
  Coolidge 
  presented 
  a 
  white 
  satin 
  brocaded 
  evening 
  

   dress, 
  worn 
  by 
  her 
  in 
  the 
  White 
  House, 
  for 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  costumes 
  

   of 
  the 
  wives 
  of 
  the 
  Presidents. 
  

  

  Forty-three 
  United 
  States 
  gold, 
  silver, 
  nickel, 
  and 
  bronze 
  coins 
  

   dating 
  from 
  1920 
  to 
  1926, 
  and 
  81 
  medieval 
  and 
  modern 
  European 
  

   coins 
  were 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  Treasury 
  Department, 
  The 
  phila- 
  

   telic 
  collection 
  was 
  increased 
  by 
  more 
  than 
  5,000 
  specimens, 
  the 
  ma- 
  

  

  