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  1. E. A. Goldman near Porto Bello, Panama, c. 1912, Seth Meek, photographer, Field Museum of Natural History Archives, neg. no. 38659.

    Connecting the Oceans: 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal

    • Date: August 14, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: 100 years ago in August of 1914, the Panama Canal opened to commercial shipping. Smithsonian scientists knew the canal would create major environmental changes and have spent the last 100 years documenting them.

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  3. Whiteboards and poster boards are covered in post-its. It’s difficult to make out what they say. Temporary desks are below the boards.

    Take a picture, it’ll last longer

    • Date: November 2, 2010
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: On what better day than Election Day to follow up on that tidbit I dropped a couple weeks ago regarding a consultation about then-candidate Barack Obama’s dry-erase boards, a recent acquisition by the National Museum of African American History and Culture? These artifacts, along with archival material and other realia (in archives terms: a man-made three-dimensional object)

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  5. American Agriculture Movement

    The Tractors are Coming

    • Date: February 5, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Revisit the Tractorcade on its 40th anniversary.

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  7. Black and white image of Austin Clark sitting at his desk, which is covered in piles of papers and marine life specimens.

    “Muse of Scientific Literature”: Leila Forbes Clark

    • Date: March 13, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.

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  9. Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe at age 19, wearing her Cartier engagement ring (part of the sale). Photograph courtesy of Sotheby’s.

    James Smithson and “The Duchess”: The Sotheby’s Sale of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe’s Property

    • Date: May 27, 2015
    • Description: As a remarkable auction of artifacts of a bygone aristocratic world takes place, we look at a surprising connection between Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe and the Smithsonian’s founding benefactor, James Smithson

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    Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards

    • Date: May 29, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single

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  13. Secretary G. Wayne Clough at Smithsonian Staff Picnic, 2008.

    Engineering a Smithsonian for the 21st Century

    • Date: December 18, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: As the twelfth Smithsonian Secretary, G. Wayne Clough, retires, historian Pamela Henson looks back on his impact on the Smithsonian in 6 ½ short years – creating a positive dynamic, fostering environmental responsibility, and stimulating collaborations across the Institution.

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  15. Image of a machine with a large, bulky computer screen.

    Microfilm Reels in the 21st Century

    • Date: June 20, 2019
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of SIA’s microfilm collections.

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  17. A person twists on a chair and their profile is visible. Wallpaper is in the background.

    The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters

    • Date: September 10, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: 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.

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    The Anniversary of the National Museum of African Art: A Gift in August

    • Date: August 13, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On August 13, 2012 the National Museum of African Art, founded by Warren M. Robbins, became a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

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  21. A Quest for the First Asian Employee

    • Date: May 10, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: A search for the first Asian employee at the Smithsonian leads to Kuang-zung Tung.

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  23. Side by side comparison of Infobox on Wikipedia for Mary Agnes Chase (left) and Google Search results showing same data (right).

    Improve #WomenInSTEM Representation with Wikidata!

    • Date: July 18, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We're ready to take our women in science to the next level! I hope botanist Mary Agnes Chase would be proud.This journey started with our history of science and the media research fellow, Marcel LaFollette, who created basic records for female scientists she uncovered in the Archives' Science Service collection, including many who worked at the Smithsonian. We then created a

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