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    1. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

      Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

      • Date: December 10, 2019
      • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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    3. A Fish Story

      • Date: April 18, 2013
      • Creator: Ginger Yowell
      • Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.

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    5. Lucile Mann, dressed in high socks, boots, and slacks, stands next to her husband in British Guiana during an expedition in 1931.

      Finding Lucile Mann: Tropical Fish and Zoological History

      • Date: March 11, 2021
      • Description: While Lucile Mann’s contributions to zoological history have often been reduced to her work raising infant animals, her work with the National Zoo and resulting publications demonstrate that her legacy should be reexamined.

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    7. Blog Post

      Fishes and Frogs and Birds, OH MY!

      • Date: May 26, 2010
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Cruriraja cadenati, 6 Oct 1959, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, USNM 196443. "][/caption] The Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, just launched nearly 2 million records on the Smithsonian Collections Search Center related to their vertebrate

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    9. 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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    11. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her life to helping the reproduction of endangered species such as the black-footed ferret and clouded leopard. In 2010, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service gave Howard the prestigious award, “Recovery Champion.” #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. JoGayle Howard

      • Date: July 29, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: In Memorium: Dr. JoGayle Howard died March 5, 2011 at age 59, in Washington, D.C. from malignant melanoma. Her legacy lives on in the survival of the species that she studied, including the black-footed ferret, giant panda, clouded leopard, cheetah, fishing cat, Florida panther and elephant. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her

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    13. A yearbook entry with a portrait of a woman and a brief description of her life, including her experiences at college and hopes for the future.

      A Portrait of a Scientist

      • Date: June 2, 2020
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell loved neurology and fishing.

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    15. The Washington Times (Washington D.C.), 23 July 1909

      All Aboard the Chesapeake Beach Railway!

      • Date: July 12, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: A look at the train that once traveled between Chesapeake Beach and Washington, D.C.

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      Road trip!

      • Date: June 29, 2011
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: It was July 1880 in Washington, DC and Smithsonian Secretary, Spencer Baird, had fled the city with his family for cool ocean breezes and to study the fishing grounds off the New England coast at Woods Hole on Cape Cod. For those left behind minding the Smithsonian Castle, it was probably hot, humid, and hellish in town and they were in need of relief. Luckily, the proprietors

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    19. Seine Fishing on Shore of Unidentified Body of Water

      Sneak Peek 10/27/2014

      • Date: October 27, 2014
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Stereoscopic photograph of seine fishing on shore of unidentified body of water, United States Fish Commission, circa 1890s, Image Number: MAH-3042.

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    21. View of Folders in Accession 12-530. Note the folder labeled Unicorn towards

      Searching for Unicorns

      • Date: July 18, 2013
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: The discovery of a folder titled, "Unicorn," in collection at first brings excitement then disappointment as the unicorn in question was a unicorn fish, not the mythical unicorn.

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    23. Fishing Shacks, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,

      Sneak Peek 3/31/2014

      • Date: March 31, 2014
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Stereo view of fishing shacks on beach surrounded by lobster pots with boat in foreground, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

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