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      Smithsonian Scientists at Work

      • Date: April 20, 2017
      • Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the

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    3. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

      The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

      • Date: August 26, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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      Tragedy, Towers, and Romance at the Smithsonian

      • Date: February 14, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6823,size=150,left] On this Valentine’s Day, you might wonder if Cupid has ever shot any arrows around the Institution. The Smithsonian has been the site of many romances and even some tragedies, so today I’ll tell a story which combines both. In the process of recording his oral history interviews, Dr. T. Dale Stewart, a physical anthropologist at the

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    7. Janet Harmon Bragg: Female Aviator

      • Date: March 22, 2011
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about interesting women from our collections in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of watching the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ Video History Collection interviews while they were digitized. One of my favorites is Black Aviators (RU 9545) because of

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      Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

      • Date: January 28, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

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