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    We Have New Tags!

    • Date: March 5, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Summer Youth Employment Program, July 1964, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No.: AC0618.004.0001801."][/caption] You may have noticed that we have sorted out our tags

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  3. Black and white photo of woman wearing cat eye glasses with short hair smiling.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Marian H. Pettibone

    • Date: April 12, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Bonus anecdote about Dr. Pettitbone:"While standing in line for a job interview during WWII, she overheard that men standing in the next line were going to get paid much more than those in her line. She then switched lines and became a spot welder, rather than a typist."

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    Link Love: 7/19/2013

    • Date: July 19, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  7. Three people pose with technology. Klose is holding up a circular toy that folds in and out and a foot scale. The man in the middle is riding a bike and weaning a helmet. The woman to the ride is holding a guitar.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudine Klose

    • Date: July 20, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    Civil War Reconnaissance Takes Flight

    • Date: June 18, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Love is in the Air, in the Field, and in the Lab

    • Date: February 14, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: In the past, we’ve talked about how families of Smithsonian researchers helped out with research, and some have even lived in the Smithsonian itself. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it seems like love, too, has brought many couples together both at the Smithsonian and out in the field. Love, as you’ll see in the photos below, enabled some women to travel the world and get

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  13. Sculpture of George Washington by Horatio Greenough

    Sneak Peek 2/19/2018

    • Date: February 19, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: George Washington sculpture by Horatio Greenough on display in the Museum of History and Technology, OPA-994-09.

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  15. Unidentified Man with Smith Star Bicycle

    Sneak Peek 12/19/2016

    • Date: December 19, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Unidentified man with Smith Star bicycle from the collections of the Museum of History and Technology, MAH-46567.

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  17. Museum of Natural History Exhibits Staff

    Sneak Peek 2/12/2018

    • Date: February 12, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Exhibits staff prepare exhibition material for Hall 8, "Peoples of the Pacific," at Museum of Natural History, June 26, 1962, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-863F.

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  19. Curator Claudia Kidwell

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudia Kidwell

    • Date: September 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Claudia Kidwell, Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology (now American History), started as an intern in 1961, became Curator of Costume after finishing her degree, and Acting Director of the entire museum in 1979!

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  21. Letter - Mary Agnes Chase to Albert Spear Hitchcock, July 5, 1935.

    The Other Side of Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: March 19, 2015
    • Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.

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    Research at the Archives: Finding Grasses for the South

    • Date: May 26, 2011
    • Description: As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Museum of American History, I’ve spent months in the Smithsonian Institution Archives researching a book tentatively titled, Not Naturally a Grass Country: Environment, Plant Genetics, and the Quest for Agricultural Modernization in the Humid World. It’s largely a story about global attempts to replace one form of agriculture—the

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