Blog Posts Science Service, Up Close: Two Haunting Portraits of Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley November 7, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I. Science Service, Up Close: The “Porcupine” Letters October 17, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette A 1936 exchange of letters about the prickly porcupine preserves both a contemporary scientific debate and the wit and wisdom of a young Utah girl with a beloved pet. "Open Wide!": Photographs of Dentists and Dental Researchers from the Science Service Collections October 10, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers. The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters September 10, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images. The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens September 3, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette The photographs of Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) preserve significant glimpses of scientific laboratories during the 1910s and 1920s. Part 1 describes Scott's life, his hearing disability, and how and why he came to make several thousand portraits of scientists. Science Service, Up Close: Father’s Day “Gene-ius” June 13, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette To celebrate Father’s Day 2019, here are three photographs of famous fathers and sons in biology and physics. Science Service, Up Close: Science Reporters on the Hunt April 18, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters. Science Service, Up Close: Before DNA Made Them Famous - Crick, Wilkins, and Watson February 27, 2018 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette By the 1960s, Science Service had been acquiring photographs of scientists, obscure as well as famous, for over four decades. From the Science Service Collection: Dr. John Thomas, Jr. February 22, 2018 by Matt Peterson John Thomas, Jr., M.D. (1917-1999), Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1961. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.