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  1. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

    The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

    • Date: August 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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  5. Volunteer Petrina Foti with the NMAH Computer Collections

    Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti

    • Date: April 11, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.

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    Link Love: 5/7/2010

    • Date: May 7, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Link Love: 4/23/2010

    • Date: April 23, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="World War II. Liberation of Holland. Dutch people waving at allied planes, The Netherlands, location unknown, 1945, Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA001015927. "][/caption] During WWII, many spots in Holland were liberated in April of 1945. Check out some of the National Archief’s new set of Flickr Commons photos

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    Link Love: 7/3/2015

    • Date: July 3, 2015
    • 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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  13. Opening reception for exhibit Sesame Street: The First 20 Years at National Museum of American History.

    Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? It's at the Smithsonian!

    • Date: June 1, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: Take a trip back to Sesame Street and the Smithsonian's ten year exhibition about the show in 1979.

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    In a Smithsonian Archive Minute

    • Date: January 28, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A visitor to the National Portrait Gallery takes a picture of a friend next to the newly-installed, temporary portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert, by Andrew Deci, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] To judge from a walk I just took across the Smithsonian Mall, visitors to our Nation’s capitol are doing nothing

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  17. Chief Preparator in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory

    Sneak Peek 2/26/2018

    • Date: February 26, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Andreas Joseph Andrews, chief preparator in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, sculpts model of face, October 19, 1967, SIA Acc. 11-008, OPA-1104-12.

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  19. Conservator Lisa Young, National Air and Space Museum, has developed new procedures to slow down the deterioration of the museum’s spacesuits which contain several different materials, some of which are not visible to the naked eye! #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lisa Young

    • Date: October 14, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Conservator Lisa Young, National Air and Space Museum, has developed new procedures to slow down the deterioration of the museum’s spacesuits which contain several different materials, some of which are not visible to the naked eye! #Groundbreaker

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  21. Dr. Patricia Gossel, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Patricia Gossel

    • Date: November 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Patricia Gossel, chairman of the Science, Medicine and Society Division, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, established the history of biology collection at the museum, studied the history of the contraceptive pill, and published more than two dozen scholarly articles before her death. #Groundbreaker

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    “Dependent upon the Kindness of Strangers”: Volunteers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 10, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: An overview of the contributions volunteers have made at the Archives and across the Smithsonian.

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