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    Check Out New National Air and Space Museum Photos

    • Date: June 11, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="AIR TRANSPORT, AIRLINES, USA., 1950s, by Rudy Arnold, National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division "][/caption] As my colleague Effie mentioned back in April, the Smithsonian has been working hard to provide the public with a way to search across the Smithsonian’s diverse digital collections. New

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  3. Two men in robes and a woman in a hat stand in a group outdoors.

    The Hirshhorn Adventures: A Museum for the Mall

    • Date: December 11, 2018
    • Description: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has been located on the National Mall since 1974, but before that, Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn spent years considering which city or country the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden would call home.

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  5. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

    Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

    • Date: May 22, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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    Introducing: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Hungerford Deed and James Smithson’s Legacy

    • Date: August 10, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To commemorate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary on August 10, 2021, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is launching a web exhibit that sheds new light on English chemist James Smithson’s gift to found the Smithsonian.

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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. Reference form for inquiries and use of collections, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Many Hands Make Light Work in the Digitization Process

    • Date: September 11, 2014
    • Description: Digitizing collection material at the Smithsonian Institution Archives is a group effort involving interns, volunteers, and staff.

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  13. Page with a sketch of planets or a more general scene of space. The figures are labeled with letters.

    Link Love: 12/14/2018

    • Date: December 14, 2018
    • 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. Colorful painting of African American woman in red dress.

    Link Love: 5/18/2018

    • Date: May 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cells were unknowingly contributed to over 10,000 medical patents, aiding research and benefiting patients with polio, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. [via Smithsonian

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    Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair

    • Date: October 19, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."

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    There will always be a photography

    • Date: July 14, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="303" caption="Photographer holding large folding camera, by unidentified photographer, c. 1935, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] Recently photography has said goodbye to two industry icons. Polaroid stopped production of its instant film, and Kodak announced that it is

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  21. The Landscape Alphabet, by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1810-1860, paper lithograph, British Museum, 1870,0514.2075-2100.

    Link Love: 2/21/2014

    • Date: February 21, 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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  23. A man points to a bent bolt attached to a metal support.

    The Day the Earth Did Not Stand Still

    • Date: August 19, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Where were you when the central Virginia 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck?

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