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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. A woman looks away from the camera and leans on a tree trunk.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira

      • Date: July 31, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate Program. In 2019, she won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. #Groundbreaker

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    5. 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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    7. Secretary G. Wayne Clough at Smithsonian Staff Picnic, 2008.

      Engineering a Smithsonian for the 21st Century

      • Date: December 18, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: As the twelfth Smithsonian Secretary, G. Wayne Clough, retires, historian Pamela Henson looks back on his impact on the Smithsonian in 6 ½ short years – creating a positive dynamic, fostering environmental responsibility, and stimulating collaborations across the Institution.

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    9. A man sits at a desk with an open book.

      Science Service, Up Close: Two Haunting Portraits of Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley

      • Date: November 7, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I.

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    11. 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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      See Here: 3/17/2010

      • Date: March 17, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="This rare 1948 Tucker automobile was acquired by the National Museum of American History for its transportation collection. The car was designed by Preston Tucker, Alex Tremulis, and a team of stylists and engineers. It is one of only 51 such cars produced by Tucker Corporation before Preston Tucker became embroiled in

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      The Mercury's Rising. Again.

      • Date: May 30, 2011
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="This image from Mercury mission number four taken on Sept. 13, 1961 is just one of the many images that was written on by engineers. Credit: NASA/JSC/Arizona State University."][/caption] On May 16th, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral to watch the Endeavor, the NASA space shuttle,

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      The Woman with the Gramophone

      • Date: April 2, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_396" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Save Our Sounds Postcard, Photo Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] For the last few years, I’ve had this postcard up in my office promoting Save Our Sounds, a program by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Library of Congress dedicated to restoring,

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      Link Love: 6/25/2010

      • Date: June 25, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_7220" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Reflections, 1978, by Werner Drewes, Color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.39 (left); and Quilt Pattern inspired by Drewes' woodcut and generated by the V&A's Patchwork Pattern Maker (right)."][/caption] Wow—the possibilities are endless. The Victoria & Albert Museum

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      Link Love: 4/18/2014

      • Date: April 18, 2014
      • 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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      Link Love: 4/8/2011

      • Date: April 8, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="198" caption="Screenshot from music video "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, Shows use of anti-gravity leaning patent, Courtesy of Wikipedia."][/caption] Umm, this definitely wins the award for my most favorite new discovery in an archive. How did Michael Jackson do that off the hook lean in his dance in “Smooth Criminal”? Apparently

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