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  1. Exhibit case featuring skeletons of 'Man and Horse' in Comparative Anatomy Hall at the United States National Museum

    Sneak Peek 6/17/2019

    • Date: June 17, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Exhibit case featuring skeletons of “Man and Horse” in Comparative Anatomy Hall at the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, mounted by J.W. Scollick, osteological preparator, 1890s, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-8880.

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  3. Heidi Stover, Archives Technician, Reference Team, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2015, by Mitch Toda.

    Staff Matters: Meet our New Additions

    • Date: June 23, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: A brief introduction to some our new staff at the Archives: First up is Heidi Stover, Archives Technician.

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  5. Blog Post

    See Here: 11/20/2009

    • Date: November 20, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="Paleontology Exhibit, Plesippus Horses, pre-1963, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder 13, Negative Number:34095."][/caption]

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  7. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

    Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: December 3, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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  9. In four frames a woman is speaking to an audience that is not pictured. She is stranding behind a table. A mirror is above the table. On the table are bowls and utensils.

    Link Love: 3/1/2019

    • Date: March 1, 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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  11. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2009-4133.

    Science Service, Up Close: A Meeting Of Minds

    • Date: April 7, 2016
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.

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  13. Langley with His Aerodrome.

    Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley

    • Date: December 15, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.

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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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  17. Portrait of Carmichael. He is wearing a suit with a white handkerchief sticking out of the front pocket. He has a mustache. He is not smiling.

    Leonard Carmichael, Seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian

    • Date: July 7, 2022
    • Creator: Tatiana Swann
    • Description: Dr. Leonard Carmichael led the Smithsonian Institution through many changes during his tenure as the seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian. He presided over new museums and facility openings, special acquisitions, and exciting exhibitions. Because Carmichael was hired from outside of the Smithsonian, he brought a new perspective, his academic background, and skills to thrust

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    How did the Smithsonian Respond to the 1918 Pandemic?

    • Date: June 11, 2020
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Masks and endless sanitizing again? What has the Smithsonian done during past pandemics? We’ll look back to the public health emergency in 1918.

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  21. Benjamin the Anti-Christ's Doomsday Prophecy

    • Date: December 21, 2012
    • Description: In 1866, Benjamin the Anti Christ predicted earthquakes, war, and brain paralysis for the world—a prophecy that reached the SI Archives.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Father’s Day “Gene-ius”

    • Date: June 13, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: To celebrate Father’s Day 2019, here are three photographs of famous fathers and sons in biology and physics.

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