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  1. View from LORAN tower on Sand-Johnston Island, including antenna supports, 1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2013-08810.

    A New Perspective from the Field Book Project

    • Date: October 18, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We just launched a new set of images on Flickr Commons documenting the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey.

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  3. World Watercolor Month at the Smithsonian

    • Date: July 22, 2021
    • Creator: Tatiana Swann
    • Description: We’re taking a look at the various watercolors the Smithsonian Institution has collected both past and present, highlighting the diversity in artists, technique, unique painting effect, and versatility to create anything from insects to cityscapes.

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  5. Students who volunteered as subjects in the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test,” August 14-16, 1925. Left to right: Louise Omwake, Katherine Tait Omwake, Thelma Hunt, and Alice Haines.

    Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs

    • Date: August 18, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    Here at the Smithsonian: Black Pride at Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

    • Date: February 23, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing two recently-digitized video clips featuring exhibitions from the Anacostia Community Museum in the 1980s.

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  9. Leech jars, as seen at the New York Academy of Medicine. Courtesy of Nora Lockshin. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

    Leeches ’n Labels

    • Date: October 29, 2015
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Terrifying tips for marking on museum objects lurks within our annual Halloween themed post.

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  11. A woman interviewing a man at a table with a recorder in between them.

    Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 6, 2021
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.

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  13. British archeologist Dorothy Annie Elizabeth (

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dorothy Annie Elizabeth ("Daisy") Garrod

    • Date: August 7, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Letter - Mary Agnes Chase to Albert Spear Hitchcock, July 5, 1935.

    The Other Side of Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: March 19, 2015
    • Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.

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  17. Oil based portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt profile wearing a blue suit and tie, signed Secretary Roosevelt.

    Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth

    • Date: January 28, 2021
    • Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.

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  19. Portrait of Helena M. Weiss

    Women Managing the Smithsonian

    • Date: March 17, 2020
    • Description: Meet some of the women who have managed aspects of the Smithsonian since the 1850s.

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  21. Portrait of Arthur Wilson Stelfox.

    Arthur Wilson Stelfox: Another Gift from the United Kingdom

    • Date: July 23, 2020
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: With a large personal collection of specimens, Arthur Wilson Stelfox took steps to ensure his work will go on for decades to come.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Field Work at Yellowstone

    • Date: July 2, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Who is the man at right, standing in Yellowstone National Park with Dutch geologist Henrik Albertus Brouwer?

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