Report on the progress and condition of the United States National Museum
An 1907 annual report of the United States National Museum, issued in Washington by the Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution's public and scholarly readers. The single picture is the Smithsonian seal, a circular emblem with a globe, crossed torches and the motto 'For the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.' A designer could take its ring-of-text layout, centred globe and torch motifs as a model for official seals or institutional badges.
