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  1. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

    Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

    • Date: December 10, 2019
    • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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  3. Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects

    • Date: October 15, 2012
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.

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    SIA RU000465, Renwick Gallery Office of the Director, Records, 1967-1988

    • Date: 1967 1967-1988
    • Creator: Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  7. First Smithsonian Guidebook Published, September 1857, Smithsonian Archives - History Div.

    First Smithsonian Guidebook Published

    • Date: September 1857

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    SIA Acc. 05-056, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Productions, 1976

    • Date: 1976
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  11. The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!

    • Date: June 28, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines

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    SIA Acc. 17-090, Smithsonian Institution Institutional Studies Office, Reports and Research Notes, 1988-1989, 1992, 1996-1997

    • Date: 1988 1988-1997 1988-1989, 1992, 1996-1997
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Institutional Studies Office
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 98-025, Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, Clippings, 1994-1996

    • Date: 1994 1994-1996
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007433, Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954, Ruel P. Tolman Collection, 1909-1964

    • Date: 1909 1909-1964
    • Creator: Tolman, Ruel P. (Ruel Pardee), 1878-1954
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Smithsonian Observatories

    • Date: September 19, 2013
    • Description: The postcards in this gallery are from observatories associated with the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory established in 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the Smithsonian’s research centers. Together with the Harvard College Observatory, it forms the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.The Mt. Wilson Observatory opened in the early

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    Torch 08/1975

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      Torch 08/1975

      • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1975 Box 1 Folder 8

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