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  1. Science Service director Watson Davis with General Motors' Thomas Midgley Jr, 1936.

    Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies

    • Date: March 30, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring

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    SIA Acc. 18-065, Smithsonian Institution Office of Planning, Management and Budget, Topical Files, 1947-2017

    • Date: 1947 1947-2017
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning, Management and Budget
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  5. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

    Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

    • Date: November 24, 2020
    • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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    SIA RU009549, DNA Sequencing Videohistory Collection, 1989-1990

    • Date: 1989 1989-1990
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 03-114, Lemelson Center, Program/Project Records, 1995-2002

    • Date: 1995 1995-2002
    • Creator: Lemelson Center
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 14-034, Smithsonian Institution Office of Visitor Services, Publications, 1959, 1973-2014

    • Date: 1973 1973-2014 1959, 1973-2014
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Visitor Services
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 17-289, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Program Files, circa 1973-2015

    • Date: 1973 1973-2015 circa 1973-2015
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007459, Association of Systematics Collections, Records, circa 1972-1988

    • Date: 1972 1972-1988 circa 1972-1988
    • Creator: Association of Systematics Collections
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 11-004, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Audiovisual Records, 1964-2008

    • Date: 1964 1964-2008
    • Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  19. Highlighting Diane Arbus: "A box of ten photographs"

    • Date: March 29, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Opening on April 6, 2018, A box of ten photographs highlights the portfolio of Diane Arbus, an American photographer known for her black-and-white images of marginalized individuals, including the mentally ill, circus performers, and transgender people. The exhibition, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) until January 21, 2019, traces the history of Arbus's

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  21. Authority Record/EAC

    Agency history, 1963-2002

    • Date: 1963 1963-2002
    • Creator: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Office of the Deputy Director

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    SIA RU007333, Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra) 1905-1986, A. Myra Keen Papers, circa 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839

    • Date: 1839 1839-1985 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839
    • Creator: Keen, A. Myra,(Angeline Myra),1905-
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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