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  1. Stratosphere on the Street in Washington D.C., April 15, 1936, by Ruel P. Tolman, Record Unit 7433 - Ruel P. Tolman Collection, 1909-1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2011-2366 or 32233-3.

    A Mysterious Sphere

    • Date: July 24, 2014
    • Description: Can you help identify this exploration vessel and what it’s doing on the streets of Washington?

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  3. Hupa basket, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer.

    Accession Records: Not Just Interdepartmental Paper Piles

    • Date: August 11, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Coming into Focus

    • Date: October 1, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2376" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="blurredvision, by Flickr user Paul Denton Cocker."][/caption] According to the National Eye Institute, more than 3 million Americans are blind or have vision so poor that everyday tasks become extremely difficult. Interestingly, according to a recent article by Pam Belluck in The New York Times, a new

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  7. Portrait photograph of Mariah Wahl. She has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a dark-colored top. She is standing in front of a door.

    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: September 14, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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  9. Making sphagnum moss surgical dressings at one of the branch stations of the American Red Cross, Southsea, England, 1918.

    Fostering Collaboration for the Public Good: Sphagnum Moss and WWI

    • Date: May 23, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: A look at one of the many ways the Smithsonian’s mission to increase and diffuse knowledge brought scientific knowledge to aid the public good.

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  11. Link Love: 2/20/2015

    • Date: February 20, 2015
    • 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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  13. Link Love: 1/10/2020

    • Date: January 10, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  15. Cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. 2013 (Diana Alvarenga)

    Link Love: 3/29/13

    • Date: March 29, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly blog post with favorite links.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Charles Bittinger and the Worlds of Science and Art

    • Date: December 6, 2016
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: The work of painter Charles Bittinger, bridging the worlds of science and art.

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    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Telephone Books, Wax Turkeys, and Talking Chickens

    • Date: March 8, 2016
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Exhibits, Margaret Jane Russell Roller (1888-1973) had begun to specialize in fabricating lifelike wax models of food and animals.

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  23. The Smithsonian in Wartime web exhibit

    Smithsonian in Wartime – A New Web Exhibit!

    • Date: August 9, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Announcing a new web exhibit exploring the Smithsonian’s role in the nation’s war efforts.

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