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  1. 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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  3. 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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  5. Washington Monument under construction with U.S. Fish Commission hatching ponds in the foreground and Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in the background.

    The Little Aquarium That Could

    • Date: June 23, 2022
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.

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  7. Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum.

    Sneak Peek 8/5/2019

    • Date: August 5, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.

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  9. Aerial view of the National Mall looking east from the Washington Monument during its first stage of building towards the U.S. Capitol, circa 1881, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-8015A.

    Sneak Peek 7/22/2019

    • Date: July 22, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Aerial view of the National Mall looking east from the Washington Monument during its first stage of building towards the U.S. Capitol, circa 1881, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-8015A.

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  11. Unlocking the Vault

    • Date: February 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.

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  13. True Colors

    • Date: November 21, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Contrasting black and white with color photography by Smithsonian Institution photographers.

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  15. Portrait of Henry Joseph Horan, seated.

    Spotlight: Henry Joseph Horan, Superintendent of Buildings

    • Date: July 29, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A closer look at staff member Henry Horan (1838-1896), who held several positions at the Smithsonian, including janitor, watchman, and superintendent of buildings, during his long career at the Institution.

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  17. Cover of OPA Negative Log

    Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection

    • Date: September 19, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  19. Lithography Stone and Tools

    Sneak Peek 11/9/2015

    • Date: November 9, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Lithography stone and tools, circa 1910s, MAH-25428.

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  21. Dinosaur skeleton exposed in Dinosaur Quarry, Utah.

    Sneak Peek: 01/25/2012

    • Date: January 25, 2012
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Dinosaur skeleton exposed in Dinosaur Quarry, Utah.

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  23. Sneak Peek: 11/30/2011

    • Date: November 30, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: "The Torpedo Man" transports nitroglycerine on a horse-drawn cart. MAH-49945.

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