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      A Well Engineered Photograph

      • Date: November 20, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the

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    3. Graphic with black & white photo of Malone alongside text description of her achievements in African American hair products.

      Link Love: 3/24/2017

      • Date: March 24, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Meet the women behind African American hair care! [via #HiddenHerstory]MIT Libraries is kicking off the "Women in Science and Engineering@MIT" archival initiative to improve the representation of women in their archives. [via MIT Libraries]Know someone with cognitive and sensory processing disabilities? Tell them about Morning at the Museum, a program that provides early

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    5. Caucasian woman with short brown hair smiling outside standing near flagpoles

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tricia Edwards

      • Date: April 25, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Tricia Edwards, Interim Associate Director for Smithsonian Affiliations, spearheaded Spark!Lab, an interdisciplinary space at the National Museum of American History where educators use art, science, and engineering to engage kids and families with hands-on invention.

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    7. NMAI Architectural Plan, April, 2001, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accessio

      Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files

      • Date: December 1, 2011
      • Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E

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    9. Two ruby slippers with an FBI badge and single red sequin in between the slippers.

      Link Love: 9/7/2018

      • Date: September 7, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    11. Letterhead from Professor Thorndike Saville, Associate Professor of Sanitary Engineering, stating that they never have, nor will, register women in the engineering department.

      Link Love: 6/9/2017

      • Date: June 9, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Ouch — the Society of Women Engineers has a collection of rejection letters sent to women attempting to gain entry to engineering programs. [via Atlantic]A new discovery of 300,000 year old remains of Homo sapiens shows that our species evolved in multiple locations on the African continent. [via NY Times]iNaturalist.org is launching an app that will help you identify plants

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    13. A Huge Thank You (and update on DC Photo IDs)

      • Date: October 6, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: You may remember that just over a month ago, we asked for your help ID’ing the locations of early 1900s DC spots from our new Martin A. Gruber set on the Flickr Commons. Well, you all sure did deliver!

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    15. First Presentation of the American Welding Society’s Lincoln Gold Medal

      Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees

      • Date: August 4, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.

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      Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian

      • Date: February 1, 2013
      • Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).

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    19. Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag, Unidentified photographer

      Top 10 Photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons

      • Date: July 3, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: A profile of the top ten photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commmons—from scientists to babies sent in the mail.

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      Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore

      • Date: January 12, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.

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    23. Preliminary plan for exhibition layout for Civil War Experience Civil War Photography: From the Home Front to the Battlefront.

      More of Our Favorite (Digital) Things

      • Date: November 12, 2020
      • Description: It’s time to add to our list of our favorite digital items from the Archives.

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