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  1. Document

    Torch 01/1975

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1975 Box 1 Folder 1

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  3. Blog Post

    Ditched Once, Loved Still

    • Date: January 5, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: A couple of years ago, in the process of curating Now is Then, an exhibition for the Newark Museum, I spent some time researching and thinking about the content, meaning and sequential lives of snapshots. Since their introduction in the late 19th century, inestimable numbers of those small, but powerful pictures have been made, looked at and saved—at least for a while.

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  5. Cooper-Hewitt Director Moggridge Dies, September 8, 2012, Smithsonian Archives - History Div.

    Cooper-Hewitt Director Moggridge Dies

    • Date: September 8, 2012

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  7. Germination test of deaccessioned moldy material.

    The Mold…RETURNS! (Mad Scientist edition)

    • Date: November 1, 2016
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Our annual creepy Halloween post returns, like the undead, and so many moldy oldie film franchises. A silly wink at a serious subject.

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  9. Blog Post

    Holding on to Virtual Worlds

    • Date: June 23, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="Games, by Axel Tregoning, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] While some people seem to enjoy fantasizing about doomsday scenarios and the end of the “real” world, a recent piece on Ars Tehchnica’s website makes it clear that virtual worlds don’t last forever, either.

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    When Photos Stop Being Pictures

    • Date: March 18, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Wallet, by Amanda Govaert, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] A recent article by Caitlin McDevitt in the Washington Post, describing Facebook’s expanding role as a hub for digital photography, while providing some surprising facts, raises one particularly interesting issue. As more people post and share

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    Torch 05/1966

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1966 Box 1 Folder 5

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  15. The Gorgas Memorial Institute Site along the Bay of Panama

    The Gorgas Memorial Institute Site along the Bay of Panama

    • Date: c. 1923-1924
    • Creator: Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935
    • Creator: Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935

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  17. Stereoview showing a piece of mummy cartonnage (wrappings) painted with hieroglyphics, from Saqqara, Egypt, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2018

    • Date: September 27, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: We highlight a few topics explored this summer 2018 by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  19. Effie Kapsalis pictured with Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Effie Kapsalis

    • Date: December 20, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Digital strategist Effie Kapsalis was dedicated to building bridges between Smithsonian collections and audiences. In a Smithsonian career spanning nearly twenty years, Effie mobilized her colleagues to share more diverse stories, break down barriers to access, and fight for gender and racial equity in the cultural heritage sphere. Sadly, we lost Effie on December 11, 2022.

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  21. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 14-214, Lemelson Center, Website Records, 2012-2014

    • Date: 2012 2012-2014
    • Creator: Lemelson Center
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  23. Round grooved disc with multiple hexagons carved into in and overlapping the grooves.

    Giving New Life to Old Media

    • Date: May 19, 2022
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Advances in technology have helped to bring new life to media that is unplayable via traditional means.

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