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  1. Portrait photograph of Ellen Lupton in a large frame.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ellen Lupton

    • Date: August 12, 2020
    • 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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  3. Stamp with a red-ish brown tone that features the Smithsonian Institution Building. The text reads: “3 cent sign, 1846 Smithsonian Institution 1946.

    Celebrating the Smithsonian Centennial

    • Date: July 20, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: In August 1996, the Smithsonian marked its 150th anniversary with a huge birthday celebration on the National Mall. For its sesquicentennial, a term which this author constantly forgets no matter how many times she looks it up, the Institution threw itself a two-day birthday party, sprinkled with special exhibit tents, concerts, nineteen birthday cakes, a special website, and

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  5. Framed photograph of a woman holding an unidentified object. It is a cylinder with a ball at the end of it.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Cara McCarty

    • Date: November 20, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Cara McCarty, Curatorial Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2007–present, manages the museum’s collection and exhibition planning. McCarty was also a leader in overseeing the museum’s major renovations, completed in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Contact sheet of black-and-white negatives from McCarthy’s retirement parties. Scenes show McCarthy receiving gifts and posing with staff and Smithsonian leaders, including former Secretary Charles G. Abbot.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Eileen M. McCarthy

    • Date: April 27, 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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  9. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

    What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation

    • Date: April 29, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.

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  11. Photograph of Manning holding up an award in the shape of a round dish.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Catherine Lemmon Manning

    • Date: June 2, 2021
    • 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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  13. A woman watches from scaffolding as a man paints a ceiling.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Grace Lincoln Temple

    • Date: January 5, 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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  15. Bretzfelder works on an exhibit space diorama in an office. She is wearing bold, round, black glasses. She is holding up a piece of the diorama to examine.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah M. Bretzfelder

    • Date: March 9, 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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  17. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing glasses and smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a striped top and a long necklace.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret S. Child

    • Date: May 25, 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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  19. Ursula Marvin lies on her stomach to look into ice. A colleague kneels next to her, taking notes.

    100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History

    • Date: January 6, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women's careers. She was likely inspired to support

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  21. A military pension card for Harrison Lomax. He filed in Virginia and is listed in the class

    Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an example of the ways in which African American employees advocated for themselves in order to earn promotions and raises.

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  23. Five Smithsonian employees provide answers to the question: What is your family’s signature Thanksgiving dish?

    The Smithsonian Point of View: Pumpkin Pie, Pez, and Pastrami

    • Date: November 28, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Get to know some Smithsonian staff, from their favorite holiday dishes to their dream celebrity dinner guests, through a former series in The Torch.

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