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  1. China Ligantissima?, Mollusk Illustration, August 2, 1866

    William H. Dall: He had Malacology Down to an Art

    • Date: August 16, 2012
    • Description: Explorer, Biologist, and former Smithsonian employee, William Healey Dall, also had artistic talent.

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  3. T-rex selfie from Royal Ontario Museum.

    Link Love: 1/22/16

    • Date: January 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We've got your snow day browsing covered!Even the T-rex got into #museumselfie day Wednesday (please no selfie sticks.)To mark the passing of David Bowie, the Cincinnati Zoo named their baby penguin "Bowie." [via Mental Floss]Amelia Earhart's advice to a girl interested in becoming a pilot. [via Slate, The Vault]Dig into the sketchbooks of artist Richard Diebenkorn, 29 of

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  5. Alexander works in a storage area for ceramics.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Machlis Alexander

    • Date: May 5, 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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  7. The Mars Rover Spirit took this sublime view of a sunset over the rim of Gusev Crater, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. Taken from Husband Hill, it looks much like a sunset on Earth—a reminder that other worlds can seem eerily familiar. Sunset and twilight images help scientists to determine how high into the atmosphere the Martian dust extends and to look for dust or ice clouds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M/Cornell.

    Link Love: 1/10/2014

    • Date: January 10, 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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  9. Sharon Jones' Birthday Party

    Link Love: 5/13/2016

    • Date: May 13, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Calling all history sleuths! The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help identifying . [via Smithsonian Magazine]Smithsonian Folkways has acquired the voluminous Arhoolie Records collection of blues, gospel, Cajun and Mexican folk music. [via NY Times]Did you miss the launch of the new rights statement framework for cultural heritage organizations

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  11. Elmer S. Riggs and Mr. Klein with fossil rhinoceros skull in Paleontology Lab, 1899, Field Museum.

    Link Love: 11/27/15

    • Date: November 27, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Who doesn't love giant treasure-troves of historic photographs? Check out some amazing shots from the history of the Field Museum in Chicago. [via Wired]History detective: Researchers in Amsterdam used Google Maps to pinpoint the exact location of the house depicted in Johannes Vermeer's painting, “The Little Street.” [via Hyperallergic]Want to contribute to public history

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  13. Link Love: 2/1/2019

    • Date: February 1, 2019
    • 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. Bird head drawing by Robert Ridgway, Record Unit 7167 - Robert Ridgway Papers, circa 1850s-1919, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. SIA2014-00594b.

    Mystery Diagnosis and the Case of the Unidentified Bird Shadows

    • Date: February 4, 2014
    • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
    • Description: We need your help idenitifying what happened to these Ridgway bird illustrations that appear to have strange smoke patterns covering the images

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    When Lucy Met Bill: A Smithsonian “Meet-Cute”

    • Date: February 13, 2020
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: He said, “Have a chocolate. They’re good for librarians.” I said, “I’m not a librarian. I’m an editor.”

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  19. Eden Orelove in the SIA cold vault, 2013

    Highlight from the Photo Cold Vault: Gelatin Dry Plate Negatives

    • Date: May 9, 2013
    • Description: Read a brief history of the gelatin dry plate negative and learn about the work being done at the Smithsonian Institution Archives to preserve this glass plate negative photographic format.

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    Link Love: 5/21/2010

    • Date: May 21, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Link Love: 7/5/2013

    • Date: July 5, 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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