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    1. A man raises his hand at a podium surrounded by other people are are formally dressed.

      Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries

      • Date: November 5, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past!

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      Link Love: 4/2/2010

      • Date: April 2, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Whoa!!! Google Streetview and Google Books now come in 3D (if you have 3D glasses stashed in your desk, like I do!). Click the dude with the 3D glasses above to check out a view of the Smithsonian Castle in 3D. Grand Paris! La Tour Eiffel under construction, and a giant 26-Gigapixel panorama of the city [via Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities and Effie Kapsalis, SPI]. A “Ghandi

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    5. Materials drying outside the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

      Link Love: 11/8/2013

      • Date: November 8, 2013
      • 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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      The Failed Zeckendorf Plan

      • Date: November 19, 2013
      • Description: During planning of the future National Museum of American History, Webb and Knapp attempted to move it off the Mall into Southwest Washington.

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Frost Austin

      • Date: March 24, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      Link Love: 8/26/2016

      • Date: August 26, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: An inside peek at the "Belle of the Mall" (aka our Arts & Industries building) which just received its new director. [via NPR]Less than 30 days until our new African American History and Culture Museum opens and its director, Lonnie Bunch, gives us some perspective on this historic event. [via WAMU]Sketch your way to finding the image you're searching for! [via The Verge]One

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      Photography at the Smithsonian

      • Date: March 6, 2009
      • Description: As Director of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative, I’m often asked what makes the Smithsonian photography collections interesting and unique. For me, the answer is less about size – although, the Smithsonian does have more than 13 million photographs of all types – than about function.

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      A Tale of Coffee and Collecting

      • Date: November 30, 2010
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family

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    17. Drawing of the U. S. National Museum, South Front and Surroundings

      The Birth of a Building: Constructing the United States National Museum

      • Date: June 20, 2013
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: The birth of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, as told through construction photographs.

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      Candles on the Water

      • Date: February 3, 2011
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_11206" align="aligncenter" width="219" caption="Bells Rock Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: MAH-48182H."][/caption] We recently digitized a series of lighthouse images that led me on a surprising research path.

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    21. NMAI Architectural Plan, April, 2001, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accessio

      Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files

      • Date: December 1, 2011
      • Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E

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      A Tongue-Twisting New Photo App

      • Date: December 23, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="331" caption="14th Street and Broadway, NYC (man with goggles), 1947, by Louis Faurer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of anonymous donors, 2007.40.61 "][/caption] Earlier this month, Google introduced the Beta and Android-based version of the new and, for some, startling photo-based search feature they’ve calling Google Goggles.

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