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    1. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

      Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

      • Date: November 24, 2020
      • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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    3. “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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    5. Calling All First Ladies

      • Date: August 27, 2013
      • Description: A closer look at the First Lady’s social obligation to exchange calling cards in the early 19th century.

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    7. Mug shot of Larry Craig, U.S. Senator (R-Idaho), following his arrest on June 11

      Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot

      • Date: September 17, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    9. A person stands in a room with scientific instruments. She appears to be working on an experiment.

      Smithsonian Women in Science

      • Date: September 17, 2019
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn how we’re creating a better record of women in science at the Smithsonian.

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    11. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

      The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

      • Date: January 9, 2018
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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    13. A man wearing a headphone-like device sits in a leather chair.

      The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens

      • Date: September 3, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.

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      Most Likely to be Succeeded

      • Date: May 19, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Posing with a yearbook picture of myself, by Billy Mabray, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] I’m a fan of yearbooks. I was an editor of mine in college, a somewhat unusual, multi-volume, and boxed object that included two books, a booklet, a brochure, and (it being the late sixties) a balloon. Back then, we

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    17. Paul E. Garber with Model under Spirit of St. Louis, National Air and Space Museum, neg. no. NASM--9A06513.

      Spirit of St. Louis Was Star Attraction for Smithsonian

      • Date: April 30, 2015
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: April 30 marks the anniversary of when Charles Lindbergh flew his Spirit of St. Louis to the Smithsonian Institution to donate.

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      Save the Silver!

      • Date: September 4, 2012
      • Description: During the Civil War, Solomon G. Brown protected valuables from the approaching Confederate Army.

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      The Shadow of Your Smile

      • Date: November 23, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    23. Dog Days at the Zoo, Part I

      • Date: September 11, 2012
      • Description: Though often overlooked, dogs played a featured role in the early history of the National Zoological Park.

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