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    1. A young woman, with her hair tied back holds a large, dried plant specimen.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Bell

      • Date: March 20, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Deborah Bell, Assistant Collections Manager for the U.S. Herbarium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1975–2014, conserved, documented, and made accessible the collection of five million plant specimens. She participated in numerous expeditions, collecting specimens and training local students and staff. #Groundbreaker

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    3. The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!

      • Date: June 28, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines

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    5. Two woman in long dresses sit and work at desks.

      Archives Puzzles: Call Me Any, Anytime

      • Date: March 1, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    7. Information Kit Cover for Operation Reindeer. Santa flying with reindeer is on the cover.

      Operation Reindeer

      • Date: December 22, 2010
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: You have probably heard of Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen. Even Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. And I know you have heard of Rudolph. But do you recall the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s most famous reindeers of all? “Operation Reindeer” was the most publicized event of 1958. Fourteen reindeer and one caribou made their way, sans the open sleigh, to Washington, D.C., for

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      Candles on the Water

      • Date: February 3, 2011
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_11206" align="aligncenter" width="219" caption="Bells Rock Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: MAH-48182H."][/caption] We recently digitized a series of lighthouse images that led me on a surprising research path.

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    11. Panda-monium!

      • Date: April 16, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Arrival of giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling to the National Zoological Park.

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    13. Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell.

      Sneak Peek 2/3/2020

      • Date: February 3, 2020
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B35_F02_001.

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      Science Sits for Art

      • Date: April 29, 2010
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Heads and Fragments of Heads of Humeri, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, by William Bell, Albumen print on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen

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    17. Samuel Pierpont Langley at Quantico, Virginia, May 6, 1896

      Sneak Peek 8/13/2018

      • Date: August 13, 2018
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley at Quantico, Virginia, on the day of the test flight of Aerodrome No. 5 on the Potomac River, by Alexander Graham Bell, MAH-18836.

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    19. Wooden cart with seated skeleton.

      The Tintinnabulation of the Poe Poe Poe-m

      • Date: October 31, 2017
      • Description: Dear Reader,We greet you today with a tale that tolls for thee.Even in the most modern of archives, some spooky things lurk right under our noses. Enjoy a poem that sings their praises…or does it?

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    21. “The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington

      • Date: June 27, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in Washington, D.C.

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    23. North Entrance of Arts & Industries Building

      Link Love: 8/26/2016

      • Date: August 26, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: An inside peek at the "Belle of the Mall" (aka our Arts & Industries building) which just received its new director. [via NPR]Less than 30 days until our new African American History and Culture Museum opens and its director, Lonnie Bunch, gives us some perspective on this historic event. [via WAMU]Sketch your way to finding the image you're searching for! [via The Verge]One

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