![]() ![]() The Smithsonian and the United States Fish Commission participated in the Berlin and London International Fisheries exhibitions, and many models of fishing craft were addedĪs early as 1881, in George Brown Goode's "Scheme of Museum Classification," plans for the care of the transportation collections were being considered. Following theĬentennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, many exhibitors donated their exhibits to the Smithsonian including a number of transportation-related items. From then until 1876, there were few other accessions of note. ![]() ![]() The first objects in the Smithsonian collections related to the history of transportation were models of canoes and other watercraft used by Pacific islanders, whichĬame to the Institution with the collections of the United States Exploring Expedition in 1858. ![]()
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