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  1. Stereoview showing a piece of mummy cartonnage (wrappings) painted with hieroglyphics, from Saqqara, Egypt, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2018

    • Date: September 27, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: We highlight a few topics explored this summer 2018 by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  3. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

    Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

    • Date: December 10, 2019
    • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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  5. Bureau of Mines Exhibit at Panama-Pacific International Exposition

    Sneak Peek 5/14/18

    • Date: May 14, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Emergency mine hospital operating room in Bureau of Mines exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, MAH-8186.

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  7. Smithsonian employees hanging Christmas ornaments, 1977

    Tis the Season at the Smithsonian

    • Date: December 20, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: How the Smithsonian celebrated the holidays in 1977, and what traditions continue today!

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  9. The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!

    • Date: June 28, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines

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  11. Blog Post

    Link Love: 3/26/2010

    • Date: March 26, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Camel cigarette advertisement from Vanity Fair, 1934, by Unknown creator, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ID: SIL7-78-03."][/caption] Cigarettes and gardenias . . . The Smithsonian Institution Libraries blog checks out old trade literature on women, commerce, and society. Beautiful digital flipbooks at Mediastorm. I

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  13. Blog Post

    Everyone Loves a Circus

    • Date: June 2, 2010
    • Creator: Ginger Yowell
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. Backmark - William L. Price

    Baby Got Backmark: A Closer Look at Card Photograph Mounts

    • Date: May 6, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A look at the elaborate graphics photographers used to advertise their businesses on the backs of 19th century card mounted photographs.

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  17. Moonwatch volunteers tracking satellites, 1965, in Pretoria, South Africa for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Moonwatch Network, one of more than 100 teams worldwide.

    Thank you, Volunteers!

    • Date: April 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since the beginning. As our historian Pamela Henson likes to say, we have always relied on the kindness of strangers. A blog post in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month 2015. Includes a list of Smithsonian crowdsourcing projects that volunteers can participate in.

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  19. John Lewis at Opening of

    Sneak Peek 4/3/2017

    • Date: April 3, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: John Lewis speaks at the opening night of the "Right to Vote" exhibit at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), 72-8926-26.

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  21. Rolland O. Hower at Freeze Dry Chamber

    Sneak Peek 5/18/2015

    • Date: May 18, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Rolland O. Hower, exhibits specialist at the Museum of Natural History, at freeze dry chamber with animal specimens, OPA-1087-15A.

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  23. Bureau of Mines Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915.

    Sneak Peek 9/8/2014

    • Date: September 8, 2014
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Bureau of Mines Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915, Image Number: MAH-3392.

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