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    1. A man raises his hand at a podium surrounded by other people are are formally dressed.

      Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries

      • Date: November 5, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past!

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    3. Portrait of a man wearing a suit with a beard.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: July 13, 2021
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    5. Samuel F. B. Morse's Daguerreotype Equipment, 1888, by Thomas Smillie, SIA RU000095 [10625].

      The Life Work of Smillie

      • Date: July 15, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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    7. SERC blog post as appears online, with embedded YouTube video on river

      Fashion in Place of Fish: A Glimpse into Web Preservation

      • Date: August 13, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Why would a fashion video appear on an environmental blog? That’s the question I found myself asking while performing web quality assurance (aka web QA) on the blog for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), which has more to do with fish than it does with fashion. As an intern in the Digital Services Division at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, my work in

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    9. Breann Young applying 20% Lascaux 498HV in isopropanol to the spine of the William Dall field book,

      Paper Painting: Using Acrylics to Repair Leather Bindings

      • Date: August 7, 2014
      • Description: In paper conservation, it’s not just about the paper. Here I’ll explain the process in using acrylic paint and adhesive to repair the leather bindings of field books.

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    11. Two photographs of a man wearing a fur coat. The hood is on in the left photo.

      Smithsonian Collections, But Make It Fashion: An Archival Mystery Solved

      • Date: June 30, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: For Social Media Day, we’re recapping how a Facebook follower solved an archival mystery by giving a name to our most popular “unidentified male model.”

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      An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints

      • Date: August 30, 2018
      • Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.

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    15. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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    17. Original framing of the Archives’ bison images

      Bison Lost, Bison Found

      • Date: February 23, 2017
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Join us as we recount how the Archives’ crayon enlargements depicting American bison were traced back to their probable origin.

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    19. Interior view of two visitors looking at a skeleton with prosthetics behind glass.

      Happy National Inventors Day!

      • Date: February 11, 2021
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: We wish you a Happy National Inventors Day and invite you to check out the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History!

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    21. A handwritten map. On a square box are tiny, labeled circles. The paper is dated 1992.

      Love a Tree (Every)Day

      • Date: May 16, 2019
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: On Love a Tree Day, the Archives discusses the Smithsonian's dedication to trees throughout the world.

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    23. Portrait of Henry Joseph Horan, seated.

      Spotlight: Henry Joseph Horan, Superintendent of Buildings

      • Date: July 29, 2021
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: A closer look at staff member Henry Horan (1838-1896), who held several positions at the Smithsonian, including janitor, watchman, and superintendent of buildings, during his long career at the Institution.

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