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  1. (clockwise from left): Agnes J. Quirk, Helen Morgenthau Fox (1884-1974), Florence Hedges (1878-1956), unidentified woman, and Edna H. Fawcett (b. 1879)

    (clockwise from left): Agnes J. Quirk, Helen Morgenthau Fox (1884-1974), Florence Hedges (1878-1956), unidentified woman, and Edna H. Fawcett (b. 1879)

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    • Bessels with starfish in background.

      Color our Collections

      • Date: October 22, 2020
      • Description: Grab your colored pencils. It’s National Color Day!

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    • sea slug with white sheep-like face with several magenta-tipped green arms on its back, resting on green sea plants

      Link Love: 1/26/2018

      • Date: January 26, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There's a new sea slug on the block, the leaf sheep, aka Shaun the Sheep. If you can't get enough sea slugs, we have several illustrations of these fantastical creatures! [via My Modern Met]Our Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery will display 6 outdoor, large-scale artworks from Burning Man, including a five-ton cast cement bust, “Maya’s Mind” paying homage to

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      Link Love: 3/26/2010

      • Date: March 26, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Camel cigarette advertisement from Vanity Fair, 1934, by Unknown creator, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ID: SIL7-78-03."][/caption] Cigarettes and gardenias . . . The Smithsonian Institution Libraries blog checks out old trade literature on women, commerce, and society. Beautiful digital flipbooks at Mediastorm. I

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      “The Nut Lady” Reconsidered

      • Date: March 27, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Elizabeth Tashjiaan, American painter, 1912-2007, Smithsonian American Art Museum"][/caption]Looking at this photo of artist Elizabeth Tashjian in our new set of portraits of women artists at the Smithsonian Commons on Flickr, it seemed obvious to me that I was looking at a professionally-trained artist, who in fact, won

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    • Screenshot of a Twitter thread about a DC Alliance for Response workshop.

      Pandemic Tests Preparedness

      • Date: September 3, 2020
      • Description: This National Preparedness Month, collections care professionals might consider joining their local Alliance for Response initiative to improve their organizations, practices, and programs.

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    • Exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art (now Renwick Gallery) designed by architect James Renwick, Jr. The c. 1930s image shows the building when it served as the U.S. Court of Claims.

      Revisiting Renwick

      • Date: January 27, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: While closed for renovations, here is a look at some historic images of the Renwick Gallery on the anniversary of its opening to the public.

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    • Five Smithsonian employees provide answers to the question: What is your family’s signature Thanksgiving dish?

      The Smithsonian Point of View: Pumpkin Pie, Pez, and Pastrami

      • Date: November 28, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Get to know some Smithsonian staff, from their favorite holiday dishes to their dream celebrity dinner guests, through a former series in The Torch.

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    • Word processor,

      Technology Throwback Thursday: Snail Mail and Word Processors

      • Date: July 10, 2014
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A brief look at the evolution of public inquiries at the Smithsonian.

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    • Flickr user Penny Richards helps identify image.

      Un-Locke the Mystery

      • Date: March 13, 2012
      • Creator: Susannah Wells
      • Description: Even with help from the dedicated Flickr Commons community, there are still many more images to identify in the Ruel Pardee Tolman Flickr set.

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      Wish You Were Here?

      • Date: December 1, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_3071" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Spiral Galaxy Messier 81 (M81), 2003, Spitzer Space Telescope / IRAC, NASA / JPL-Caltech / S. Willner, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA"][/caption] You may in fact be, or just feel like, a big shot down here on earth. But, ever since airborne cameras started to photograph our little planet from above, and once they

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    • Field Book

      Arnold, Stevan J. journal and field notes kept on a field trip to collect carpenter bees in Mexico and Costa Rica, June-September 1965

      • Date: 1963, 1965 19630408 19650912
      • Creator: Arnold, Stevan J.

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