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    Our Other, Photographic Selves

    • Date: March 25, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ralph Waldo Emerson, between 1860 and 1870, by J. W. Black & Co., Photographic print on carte-de-visite mount, Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer family papers, 1851-1999 bulk 1881-1950, Archives of American Art, Digital ID: 5677. "][/caption] From the beginning, photography upset conventional ideas about the relationship

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  3. A Pop-ular Analysis: Paul Allen and His Kernels

    • Date: December 13, 2012
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Paul Hamilton Allen, botanist, writes in his field book about testing different varieties of corn to determine which is the best for popcorn.

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  5. This is the AV equipment that we have here at the Archives which we make available to other units who may need it.

    The Power of Collaboration

    • Date: October 21, 2014
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Audiovisual archivists come together at the annual meeting of the Association of Moving Image Archivists to create tools for audiovisual conservation.

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  7. Preserving Oversize Items in the Personal Collection of Alexander Dallas Bache

    • Date: September 24, 2019
    • Description: Have you ever wondered how our staff preserves the oversize collections at the Smithsonian Institution Archives? Here is an intern’s perspective on preserving the personal collection of Alexander Dallas Bache.

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  9. Circular tin cans for film that are stacked on top of one another. Slight rust is visible,

    Preserving Smithsonian World, The First Steps

    • Date: May 21, 2019
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: As a result of a generous grant, the Archives will soon catalogue and rehouse around 1,750 at-risk audiovisual media related to Smithsonian World.

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  11. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

    “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

    • Date: March 10, 2016
    • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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  13. A woman photographs a panda.

    Remembering Jessie Cohen

    • Date: October 29, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: At SPI, we were sad to learn that Jessie Cohen died earlier this week. Jessie was one of the photographic mainstays at the Smithsonian; she started working at the Smithsonian National Zoo in 1979, photographing animals, their living quarters, and behind-the-scenes events for exhibition, education, and marketing purposes. In addition, Jessie also managed the Zoo’s exhibition

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  15. Painting of the Renwick Gallery, by Briggs, Frederic Schuler, c. 1870, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, SIA2011-1143 and 50444 CN and 2002-12221.

    The Renwick Rises Again

    • Date: November 19, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Renwick Gallery has just reopened after a two-year renovation, reinventing itself yet again. Its history has mirrored the history of the nation.

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  17. Rewinding American Archives Month: #ArchivesAVTakeover

    • Date: November 5, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This American Archives Month, we teamed up with archivists and conservators around the Smithsonian for five Instagram takeovers to highlight the breadth of the Institution's audiovisual collections.

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    Roy DeCarava: 1922-2009

    • Date: November 4, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="274" caption="Untitled, 1950/printed 1982, by Roy DeCarava, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Henry L. Milmore, 1992.15.3."][/caption] Last week American photography lost another of its grand masters. Roy DeCarava died at the age of 87 in New York on October 27th. He was an

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  21. State Highway in Bolling Memorial Redwood Grove, Humboldt County, California, 1921.

    Science Service, Up Close: Save the Redwoods

    • Date: May 21, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Science Service: Up Close - Pictures from the Bolling Memorial Redwood Grove, Humboldt County, California.

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    This Side of Paradise

    • Date: July 31, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Group of Young Women in Costume During Arrival Reception For Tourists Near Plane at Airport, by Gerald James Holton, 1968, National Museum of Natural History, National Anthropological Archives."][/caption] I came across these photos of tourists on Easter Island on our site and their presence has kind of baffled me.

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