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    1. Tweet from @jacobharris

      Hunting for Elephants in Archives

      • Date: February 17, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: I was intrigued to receive a tweet from a digital colleague over at the NY Times pertaining to a family story that could very well be solved at the Archives. I’m continuously surprised at the variety of papers we hold here, but by now, I shouldn’t be given how far-reaching and varied the scope of the Smithsonian has been through history. Back to the story. THE elephant that

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    3. Hunting for Watermarks

      • Date: November 29, 2012
      • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
      • Description: In honor of Dard Hunter’s birthday, here’s a sample of watermarks found on our collection of archival documents.

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    5. Gathering specimens in the field for the insect zoo at the National Museum of Natural History, August 8, 1972, by Harry Neufeld.

      Bug Hunting

      • Date: September 16, 2014
      • Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.

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    7. A woman sits at a desk near a typewriter and many stacks of papers.

      Science Service, Up Close: Science Reporters on the Hunt

      • Date: April 18, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.

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    9. Blog Post

      November Across the Collections

      • Date: November 3, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Dans La Foret: Stone lantern resting on moss in autumn, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, November 2001, by Unknown photographer, 35mm slide, Archives of American Gardens, Local number: PA627005."][/caption] It’s November, and the leaves are almost gone. And so is the growing season, so put away what you’ve got! [caption id=""

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    11. Composite of 700 images from the Freer Ramayana.

      Link Love: 12/19/2014

      • Date: December 19, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On New Years Day 2015, the 44,000 works of art in the Smithsonian’s Freer | Sackler collection will be available online. [via WAMU] Dumpster diving! The National Museum of American History added a copy of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 game found in a landfill to their collection. [via O Say Can You See, National Museum of American History]The grand re-opening of

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    13. Portrait of Taqulittuq. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back into a bun. She is wearing a plaid dress with a white collar. She is smiling slightly toward the camera.

      Archives Puzzles: Traveling with Taqulittuq

      • Date: September 13, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    15. Smithsonian Summer Showdown - Vote Will!

      Link Love: 8/8/2014

      • Date: August 8, 2014
      • 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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    17. The Broad Museum, photo by Iwan Baan.

      Link Love: 10/16/2015

      • Date: October 16, 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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    19. Barn owls, named 'Increase' and 'Diffusion,' living in the West Tower.

      Residents of a Different Feather

      • Date: April 24, 2012
      • Description: History of the many barn owls who have lived in the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle."

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    21. On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E.

      Link Love: 5/1/2015

      • Date: May 1, 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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    23. The Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model being removed from the lower level of the National Air and Space Museum Shop, by Mark Avino, National Air and Space Museum, image number WEB14418-2014.

      Link Love: 9/19/2014

      • Date: September 19, 2014
      • 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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