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  1. Blog Post

    50 Years of Folklife

    • Date: June 29, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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  3. Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

    Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 26, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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  5. Tweet sent by Jacob Harris, 11/12/2014.

    How Uncle Maurice Saved the Smithsonian Elephant

    • Date: January 6, 2015
    • Description: There's no doubt that Washington, D.C. is a great place to raise kids. And one of the primary reasons why is the wide array of Smithsonian museums that are only a subway ride away. It's no wonder that regular visits to the National Mall have been an important part of our family's culture and history since the early 1970's. And part of that history has been the story of "how

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  7. Digital contact sheet that includes 12 photographs of Jones standing in front of the Smithsonian Castle. He is wearing a suit. He looks directly toward the camera and slightly off into the distance in various photographs.

    The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones

    • Date: February 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.

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  9. Blog Post

    Wisdom is in the head, and not in the beard...

    • Date: March 24, 2010
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution

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  11. Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr. and Brian Mason

    Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr. and Brian Mason

    • Date: 1975
    • Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
    • Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-

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  13. Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr. and Brian Mason

    Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr. and Brian Mason

    • Date: 1975
    • Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
    • Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-

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  15. Smithsonian Legal Document

    Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1853

    • Date: 1879 February 3, 1853
    • Creator: Board of Regents
    • Creator: Board of Regents

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  17. Finding Aid

    SIA RU009566, Hirshhorn, Olga, Olga Hirshhorn Oral History Interviews, 1986-1988

    • Date: 1986 1986-1988
    • Creator: Hirshhorn, Olga, interviewee
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  19. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 11-266, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Department of Zoological Research, Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program Records, 1982-1999

    • Date: 1982 1982-1999
    • Creator: National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  21. Finding Aid

    SIA RU000280, Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration Department of Exhibitions, Records, 1930-1969

    • Date: 1930 1930-1969
    • Creator: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. Department of Exhibitions
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  23. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 01-026, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Costume and Furnishings, Correspondence, 1974-1977

    • Date: 1974 1974-1977
    • Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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