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    1. Color photograph of a handheld field notebook opened, and displaying a sketch of a rural landscape.

      Exhibiting the Smithsonian Institution Archives: A Look Back

      • Date: May 15, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13754,size=400,center]When people think of a Smithsonian exhibit, they probably don’t think of one filled with documents from an archives! A piece of paper doesn’t grab your attention from across the room, as the Fénykövi elephant or Chuck Berry’s car do. But on closer inspection, handwritten scraps have fascinating stories to tell. They can be

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    3. Digital contact sheet that includes 12 photographs of Jones standing in front of the Smithsonian Castle. He is wearing a suit. He looks directly toward the camera and slightly off into the distance in various photographs.

      The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones

      • Date: February 17, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.

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    5. World Watercolor Month at the Smithsonian

      • Date: July 22, 2021
      • Creator: Tatiana Swann
      • Description: We’re taking a look at the various watercolors the Smithsonian Institution has collected both past and present, highlighting the diversity in artists, technique, unique painting effect, and versatility to create anything from insects to cityscapes.

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    7. Page that includes a coloring page featuring an exhibit space at the US National Museum. A humpback whale and cast is featured at the center.

      Color Our Collections 2021

      • Date: February 4, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Stuck inside and looking for a fun activity? Color the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections!

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    9. Wishing you a Trivial New Year!

      • Date: January 4, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: Happy National Trivia Day! January 4th is the perfect day to break out all those endless bits of knowledge stored in your noggin and share them with others. As for the history of National Trivia Day, it's thought that the creation of the game Trivial Pursuit in 1979 sparked the beginning of our fascination with trivia, and everythinge else is history, as they say. To feed our

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    11. Black and white photograph of a village with various structures on a hilltop.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2021

      • Date: July 8, 2021
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    13. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

      Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

      • Date: January 25, 2011
      • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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    15. Route 66 runs through Winslow, Arizona. This corner is a tribute to the Eagles song, “Take It Easy.” The camera used included a date stamp. Photo by Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig.

      Making the Most of Vacation Memories

      • Date: June 24, 2014
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Summer means family vacations and making memories. Here are some ideas for before and during the trip.

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