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    1. Barro Colorado Island, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

      Sneak Peek: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

      • Date: March 11, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Series of photographs of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute buildings and facilities at Barro Colorado, Naos, and Galeta islands, Panama, 1960s, SIA RU000095.

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      A Laboratory in the Jungle

      • Date: September 9, 2010
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Biodiversity Illustrated

      • Date: June 30, 2011
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: While the Smithsonian Institution is perhaps better known for its museums that pepper the landscape of the National Mall in Washington DC, its devotion to scientific research easily matches its dedication to collecting, preserving, and displaying artifacts of cultural and historical importance. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) started off as a small field

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      See Here: 2/1/2011

      • Date: February 1, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="A group of scientists leaves Barro Colorado Island in a small boat, during 1923, Smithsonian staff were in Panama with the Institute for Research in Tropical America, a group of private foundations and universities under the auspices of the National Research Council, who first established a research laboratory on Barro

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    9. Love is in the Air, in the Field, and in the Lab

      • Date: February 14, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: In the past, we’ve talked about how families of Smithsonian researchers helped out with research, and some have even lived in the Smithsonian itself. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it seems like love, too, has brought many couples together both at the Smithsonian and out in the field. Love, as you’ll see in the photos below, enabled some women to travel the world and get

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    11. Hansen sits on a balcony ledge overlooking the water with another man. He is not wearing a shirt and both men are looking toward the camera.

      Capturing Panama with Carl C. Hansen

      • Date: June 15, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Today is Nature Photography Day, so we’re highlighting the career and work of Smithsonian photographer Carl C. Hansen.

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    13. Adelina Hagerup portrait, by L. Grundtvig, Edvard Grieg Archives, Bergen Public

      Link Love: 3/30/2012

      • Date: March 30, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    15. Link Love: 4/19/2019

      • Date: April 19, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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      See Here: 11/23/2010

      • Date: November 23, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="Francisco "Chi Chi" Vitola, chief of labor force on for the Canal Zone Biological Area (CZBA), feeds a deer on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone, The CZBA was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1924 and in 1946 was renamed the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, c.1940, by Unidentified photographer,

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    19. From Plantations to Islands of Science: Travels in Costa Rica and Panama - Part II

      • Date: January 31, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    21. 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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      Dear Diary…

      • Date: September 22, 2020
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has a lot of diaries. And they offer researchers a glimpse into the daily lives of scientists doing their work in the field and sometimes the joy and tragedy of family life.

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