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    1. The Tropical Travels of George C. Wheeler - Part I

      • Date: January 10, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    3. This image is found in Record Unit 74 - National Zoological Park, Records, 1887-1966 - Box 287, Smithsonian Institution Archives. The photograph was taken by Harris-Ewing photography services. The Library of Congress contains the Harris-Ewing Collection, but neither the librarians nor I have been able to find the original among the collection’s 50,000 entries.

      Sounding the Old Wolf-Cry

      • Date: November 14, 2013
      • Description: While researching my last blog post on the "mad wolf" who escaped from the National Zoo, I came across an old black-and-white photograph in the Smithsonian Institution Archives that caught my eye. The image is grainy, but appears to show a man and a wolf, separated by a chain-link fence, holding each other's rapt attention while the man operates some sort of recorder. Unable

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      Zoom In, Zoom Out

      • Date: April 7, 2010
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: In November 1938, Science News Letter published a story on Enrico Fermi winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, running a headshot of the professor. It's the kind of photo found in a passport—Fermi is looking forward with not much of a smile. The next question a historian would ask is did Science Service, the publisher, hire one of its photographers to take the photo, or acquire

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    7. Throwback Thursday, Smithsonian-Style

      • Date: December 20, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Slide back through time by exploring historic Smithsonian spaces in these before-and-after shots

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    9. A group of people hold up “welcome” signs at an entrance of the National Museum of American History.

      We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 14, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.

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    11. Close-up photograph of Claudine K. Brown.

      Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown

      • Date: March 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.

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    13. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: October 13, 2020
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    15. Rolls of film featuring a celebration of Juneteenth at the Anacostia Community Museum. Scenes include people chatting, a clown in a crowd, and people doing crafts at a table.

      When did the Smithsonian Begin Celebrating Juneteenth?

      • Date: June 9, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: African American communities have celebrated Juneteenth for more than 150 years. When did the Smithsonian begin hosting programs to commemorate the nation’s second independence day?

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    17. Bald Eagle, by Peter Daverington. Photo: Camilla Cerea and Mike Fernandez/National Audubon Society

      Link Love: 12/18/2015

      • Date: December 18, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Whole new world - The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to commission murals of climate-threatened birds surrounding the old neighborhood of John James Audubon. [via Colossal]Barriers to entry - The exhibition, Y.C. Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding

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    19. Berlandier Fish (Pimelodus maculatus), Record Unit 7052 - Jean Louis Berlandier Papers, Box 12, Folder 14, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Jean Louis Berlandier: The Path from Geneva to Mexico

      • Date: June 5, 2014
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: A brief narrative on Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, and one of the first scientists to observe, collect , and document the natural history specimens of southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

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    21. Wild animals of Glacier National Park, 1918. Vernon and Florence Merriam Bailey. Courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library.

      Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives

      • Date: February 11, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.

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    23. Stories to Be Told: An Internship at a Glance

      • Date: December 12, 2019
      • Description: A glimpse into a semester-long Institutional History internship at the Archives.

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