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  1. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 02-227, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Space History Division, Curatorial Records, 1982-2000

    • Date: 1982 1982-2000
    • Creator: National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Space History Division
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  3. Black and white image of man seated.

    Getting Your Due, Samuel Pierpont Langley

    • Date: November 28, 2017
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: It can be so frustrating to put great effort into something, and then to have your work and achievements called into question. I can't begin to imagine how frustrated Samuel Pierpont Langley was in 1903. By that time, he had spent over forty years studying astrophysics and aerodynamics. His work on astronomically-derived time measurement in the late 1860's is the heart of the

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  5. SI History Bibliography

    Prints at the Smithsonian: The origins of a National Collection

    • Date: 1996
    • Creator: Wright, Helena E
    • Creator: Wright, Helena E

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    SIA Acc. 01-212, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of External Affairs, Publicity Records, 1979-1990

    • Date: 1979 1979-1990
    • Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  9. Two-page spread of a booklet containing broadcast information for “The World Is Yours” and a history of Thomas Davenport. A black and white drawing of a track with a motor appears at the top middle of the right-hand page.

    The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors

    • Date: November 17, 2020
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they

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    The Smithsonian in Movies

    • Date: July 10, 2013
    • Description: A list of movies where the Smithsonian is referenced or is part of the set.

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    SIA Acc. 06-120, American Association of Museums Committee on Education, Records, 1976-2005

    • Date: 1976 1976-2005
    • Creator: American Association of Museums. Committee on Education
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 01-221, Smithsonian Institution Office of Special Events and Conference Services, Event Files, 1988-1997

    • Date: 1988 1988-1997
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  17. An American bison stands in the snow. It looks toward the camera.

    Serendipity and Unexpected Connections

    • Date: April 23, 2020
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”

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    SIA Acc. 08-098, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Program Records, 1978-2002

    • Date: 1978 1978-2002
    • Creator: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Biodiversity Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Torch 01/1967

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 1

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  23. Blog Post

    We Are What We Photograph

    • Date: April 23, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_541" align="alignleft" width="144" caption="Inscription inside Lincoln's watch, by Hugh Talman, 2009, National Museum of American History"][/caption] Does photography always report on the past? Recently, as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial celebration, the Smithsonian took a closer look at a rare Lincoln object that possessed a secret message.

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