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      Torch 07/1976

      • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1976 Box 1 Folder 7

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      Torch 09/1957

      • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1957 Box 1 Folder 9

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      Correspondence

      • Date: September 19, 2013
      • Description: People use postcards to correspond with each other, but the way they have used postcards to communicate has changed over time. The postcards in this gallery show how postcards began as a quick way to send short communications between individuals, but have since evolved to be used for longer communications and for requests between academics. While the typical use for a postcard

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      Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

      • Date: November 27, 2017
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391596,size=250,left]Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, a geologist and original Megatheria, was an eccentric club member, according to Robert Kennicott. Hayden’s early life began in Westfield, Massachusetts on September 7, 1828. Hayden’s parents, Asa Hayden and Melinda Hawley, were a somewhat troubled pair. His father, an alcoholic, passed away when Hayden

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      Torch 012/1979

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        Torch 12/1979

        • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1979 Box 1 Folder 12

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        SIA RU000261, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Domestic Life, Records, circa 1955-1977 and undated

        • Date: 1955 1955-1977 circa 1955-1977 and undated
        • Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Domestic Life
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        Torch 06/1969

        • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1969 Box 1 Folder 6

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        Henry Bryant

        • Date: November 27, 2017
        • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=300,left]Henry Bryant was a member of the Megatherium Club and one of the naturalists who helped build the Smithsonian’s collection during the 1850s and 1860s. Born on May 12, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bryant gained an early education at Mr. Thayer’s school before proceeding to college at Mr. Welles’ school in Cambridge. His education

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        Link Love: 7/30/2010

        • Date: July 30, 2010
        • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
        • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Portrait of a City Marshal by Barr & Wright, 1870-1880, National Museum of American History, Catalog number 77.43.1678."][/caption] Help the Smithsonian ID a Houston city marshal from the 1870s in the picture on the right. The extremely flammable nitrocellulose film used before 1951 led to an estimated 80 percent of silent

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      • Finding Aid

        SIA Acc. 18-042, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of Public Programs, Public Program Records, 1975-1999

        • Date: 1975 1975-1999
        • Creator: National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        SIA RU000601, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Radio Dialogue Audiotapes and Records, circa 1980-1986

        • Date: 1980 1980-1986 circa 1980-1986
        • Creator: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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