Results for "Awesome Things to See at the National Postal Museum (Online exhibition)"
Staff Matters: Meet our New Additions
- Date: June 23, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A brief introduction to some our new staff at the Archives: First up is Heidi Stover, Archives Technician.
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Link Love: 7/30/2010
- Date: July 30, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Portrait of a City Marshal by Barr & Wright, 1870-1880, National Museum of American History, Catalog number 77.43.1678."][/caption] Help the Smithsonian ID a Houston city marshal from the 1870s in the picture on the right. The extremely flammable nitrocellulose film used before 1951 led to an estimated 80 percent of silent
Headsville, West Virginia Post Office
- Date: 1971 July 6, 1971
- Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Headsville, West Virginia Post Office
- Date: 1971 July 6, 1971
- Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Headsville, West Virginia Post Office
- Date: 1971 July 6, 1971
- Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Headsville, West Virginia Post Office
- Date: 1971 July 6, 1971
- Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Headsville, West Virginia Post Office
- Date: 1971 July 6, 1971
- Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
You Asked, We Answered: 2015 Ask an Archivist
- Date: November 10, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Thursday, October 22nd, four of our archivists/conservators were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fifth year hosting
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A History of Celebrating the Insect Zoo
- Date: August 23, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary
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Link Love: 12/5/2014
- Date: December 5, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
The Mysterious Miscellaneous 37
- Date: May 13, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: It is too hard to know everything that lives inside an archival collection. Join us in opening up some of our miscellaneous folders and discover what is inside!
Scared to Death?: The Curious Case of a Pine Mouse
- Date: August 14, 2012
- Description: “Can a Rattlesnake hypnotize a Pine Mouse to death”? Questions from a typical day of treatment for a Pre-Program Paper Conservation Intern.
