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    Walking on Broken Glass

    • Date: July 22, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="A broken glass plate negative, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] We are in the throes of summer here in Washington DC, and that means three things:  heat, more heat, and interns. Interns not only allow us to share expertise and experience with newcomers to the field, but also allow

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  3. Table of what happened to the different prints. Alt text in images explains discoloring.

    When Digital Print Met Water

    • Date: March 26, 2020
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: What happens when your digital prints get wet and why is this important? Answers below!

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  5. Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

    Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 26, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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  7. Digital contact sheet that includes 12 photographs of Jones standing in front of the Smithsonian Castle. He is wearing a suit. He looks directly toward the camera and slightly off into the distance in various photographs.

    The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones

    • Date: February 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.

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    Science Sits for Art

    • Date: April 29, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Heads and Fragments of Heads of Humeri, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, by William Bell, Albumen print on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen

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  11. An American bison stands in the snow. It looks toward the camera.

    Serendipity and Unexpected Connections

    • Date: April 23, 2020
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”

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    Exploring the National Parks

    • Date: August 1, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: August is National Parks Month, but the Smithsonian has celebrated the National Park Service for decades! Enjoy a selection of national parks images from the Archives' collection.

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  15. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

    The Fate of the National Institute

    • Date: July 27, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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  17. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

    Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

    • Date: May 22, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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  19. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

    “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

    • Date: March 10, 2016
    • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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  21. Peacock in the courtyard of Freer Gallery of Art.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Winter 2022

    • Date: January 12, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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  23. She Blinded Me With . . . Software?

    • Date: March 7, 2013
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: In this interview, Roberta Williams describes how she creates the story and graphics for a computer game, King's Quest.

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