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    Is Mother Nature in Tears?

    • Date: November 25, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_3266" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Mother Nature in Tears, Austfonna Ice Cap in Svalbard, Norway, 2009, by Michael S. Nolan, Digital photograph, Michael S. Nolan/www.wildlifeimages.net Image exclusively represented by: www.splashdowndirect.com."][/caption] In a world where we’re constantly inundated by disturbing imagery of environmental

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  3. Various media flagged for archiving by the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    New Collections by the Numbers

    • Date: October 27, 2015
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: New Archives collections are trending towards more electronic records, but more paper as well.

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    Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”

    • Date: July 4, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your

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  7. New Orleans Street Parade

    • Date: December 12, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band

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  9. NPPTL’s promotional graphic of a nurse wearing a respirator next to the words N95 Day 2018.

    Preserve Us From Particulates: Celebrating N95 Day

    • Date: September 4, 2018
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: N95 Day is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to promote the safe and proper use of N95 face respirators.

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    The Shadow of Your Smile

    • Date: November 23, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    In a Smithsonian Archive Minute

    • Date: January 28, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A visitor to the National Portrait Gallery takes a picture of a friend next to the newly-installed, temporary portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert, by Andrew Deci, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] To judge from a walk I just took across the Smithsonian Mall, visitors to our Nation’s capitol are doing nothing

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    Soldiers and the Mail

    • Date: July 24, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="U.S. Troops Surrounded by Holiday Mail During WWII, by unidentified photographer, c. 1944, National Postal Museum"][/caption] It’s no wonder that this photo of soldiers sorting holiday mail is such a favorite on the Commons. It clearly tugs on the heart strings of those who know (or try to imagine) what it would be like

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    Someone To Watch Over Me: Home Edition

    • Date: November 11, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_3132" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Surveillance camera found in hallway, 2009, courtesy of Marvin Heiferman."][/caption]Note to readers: the "News in the Visual" blog posts referenced below have now been moved to the "What Gets Saved" category on THE BIGGER PICTURE (2/20/2011).Talk about ironic. The whole time I’ve been writing “News in the

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    Sybil Hamlet’s History of the National Zoo

    • Date: May 17, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that the first beaver came to the National Zoological Park in 1894? Or that the first animals on the official zoo grounds were two Indian Elephants, Dunk and Gold Dust? Surely, you knew that the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok donated an albino Asiatic turtle to the National Zoo in 1966? You didn’t know that? Well, thanks to the work of Sybil Hamlet in 1985, you can now

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    Transparency in the Archives: From Our Earliest Days

    • Date: August 16, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the

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    Volunteer Spotlight: John Churchman

    • Date: April 22, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize John Churchman, a research associate who has been documenting the history of computing at the Smithsonian.

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