Report on the progress and condition of the United States National Museum
An annual report of the United States National Museum, published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1907 for the Smithsonian Institution and its public readership. Its one picture is the Smithsonian seal: a circular emblem with a globe between two torches, ringed by the motto 'For the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men' and the date 1846. A designer might take from it the use of a central globe framed by lettered circular text and symmetrical torches as a compact seal or badge layout.
