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  1. Link Love: 3/27/2020

    • Date: March 27, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    Link Love: 8/5/2011

    • Date: August 5, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: The Freer Sackler Gallery’s efforts to make their large collection of squeezes (paper molds that capture the inscriptions of ancient monuments) into an easy-to-use Web resource received a nice write-up on The Atlantic’s Tech blog [originally posted on the Smithsonian Collections Blog]. David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, talks about “balancing access and

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    See Here: 5/1/2015

    • Date: May 1, 2015
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  7. What the iconic Windows XP “Bliss” wallpaper photo looks like before and after Commodore 64 conversion.

    Link Love: 5/8/2015

    • Date: May 8, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  9. Black and white photo of older woman working on miniatures.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Glessner Lee

    • Date: November 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Frances Glessner Lee crafted the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” detailing miniature crime scenes (now on exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery)—to train homicide investigators revolutionizing the emerging field of homicide investigation. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Senior Administrators with Bicycles

    Sneak Peek 7/23/2018

    • Date: July 23, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Senior administrators stand next to their bicycles outside the Arts and Industries Building during an energy conservation campaign, 74-4912-01.

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  13. Red heart, left image is shown with pixels, right image on blue background is smooth and contemporary.

    Link Love: 5/4/2018

    • Date: May 4, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The story of the first emoji which can be found in the Museum of Modern Art's collection. [via AIGA Eye on Design]U.S. National Archives is celebrating former first Lady and women’s rights advocate, Betty Ford, with new resources and citizen archivist activities where you can learn more about her life! [via NARA]Use this app, Native Land, to learn about the indigenous history

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  15. Close-up, low-res photo of Foresta.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Merry A. Foresta

    • Date: June 16, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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  17. printed page with 12 pointed star color spectrum, as well as a bar of colors below.

    Link Love: 6/1/2018

    • Date: June 1, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A graphic designer's delight — a new exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt explores color perception. [via Smithsonian Libraries]33 museums from 7 countries, including our own Smithsonian Archives of American Art, have produced the largest collection of Frida Kahlo art and ephemera with Google Arts & Culture. [via Remezcla]A key figure in LGBQT activism who organized the first pride

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  19. Brightly colored pink bird with long bill alongside more plainly colored, smaller bird lifting leg.

    Link Love: 8/25/2017

    • Date: August 25, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: 435 high resolution book plates of gorgeous illustrations from Audubon's The Birds of America are now available for free download! [via Hyperallergic]And after you're done with the plates, check out peacock feathers under a high magnification lens, by artist Waldo Nell. [via Wired]University students are working to save the remaining copies of a black-owned newspaper, The

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  21. Portrait of African American woman with head resting in hand in front of colorful abstract art.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Rhea Combs

    • Date: November 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: As head of the Center for African American Media Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture, curator Dr. Rhea Combs leads effort to collect, preserve, and make accessible an extensive collection of films, photographs, and recordings documenting African American history. #Groundbreaker

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  23. A woman poses while sitting on a bicycle.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Audrey B. Davis

    • Date: November 7, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Audrey B. Davis, Curator of Medical Sciences, National Museum of American History, 1967-1993, led the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council and authored Medicine and Its Technology among other works. #Groundbreaker

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