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    Behind the Veil

    • Date: March 4, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Veiled Woman with Pearls, c. 1890, by Antoin Sevruguin, Gelatin silver print, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Myron Bement Smith Collection, Gift of Katharine Dennis Smith, 1973–85, Image ID: 2.07."][/caption] The Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery contain a collection of

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  3. Black and white photograph of Massey.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary E. Massey

    • Date: March 10, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: From 1967 to 1991, Mary E. Massey broke barriers for women at the Smithsonian by demonstrating her skills in spaces typically reserved only for men. Though Massey arrived at the Smithsonian as an elevator operator, by her retirement, she was the building manager for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. In a column reserved for the Smithsonian

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    Call for Entries! Seeing Other Worlds

    • Date: May 8, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: How can photography help us see things that would otherwise go unnoticed in our everyday lives? How does photography change our perception of the world? If you have ideas about this, consider contributing your image and story to the new click! photography changes everything call for entry: "Seeing Other Worlds." While you’re at it, check out some of our click!

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    True Grit

    • Date: March 17, 2010
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="326" caption="Taimi Toffer Anderson (1937- ), 1956, by Science Service, Black-and-white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 (SIA2010-0105)."][/caption] The wealth of interesting stories in the Science Service collection never ceases to surprise

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  9. View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

    The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

    • Date: March 19, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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    Coping With Stuff, Down Here and Up There

    • Date: September 16, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: We’ve all got storage issues to confront. And when we do, some people take great pleasure in getting things organized and others get headaches. A small percentage descend into madness, while an equally small group see and then seize the business opportunities that are generated by the need to keep life, things, and information under control. Over the past few weeks, the

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  13. Lantern slide photograph on glass in wood mount, William Langenheim (1807–1874) and Frederick Langenheim (1809–1879) Philadelphia, 1850.

    Deconstructing a Mystery: Rare photo proves to be the earliest ever taken of the Smithsonian Castle

    • Date: August 10, 2015
    • Description: A rare hyalotype proves to be the earliest known photo of the Smithsonian Castle, taken in 1850 when it was still under construction.

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  15. Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe at age 19, wearing her Cartier engagement ring (part of the sale). Photograph courtesy of Sotheby’s.

    James Smithson and “The Duchess”: The Sotheby’s Sale of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe’s Property

    • Date: May 27, 2015
    • Description: As a remarkable auction of artifacts of a bygone aristocratic world takes place, we look at a surprising connection between Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe and the Smithsonian’s founding benefactor, James Smithson

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    I Never Meta-data I Didn’t Like…

    • Date: June 10, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: So you know those thousand words a picture is worth? It’s true! Though my idea of what those thousand words should be might differ from yours and that’s why we’re going to talk about descriptive metadata, controlled vocabularies, and levels of access. Boy howdy, sounds like a wild ride, eh? When I was younger and infinitely more creative with how I spent my time I used to

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    Celebrating World Cultures—and Our Own

    • Date: July 1, 2010
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) riding a scooter at the 1974 Folklife Festival in the Mississippi delta section, with a cotton field behind him, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 269, Folder: SDR Photos, Negative number:

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    See Here: 3/1/2011

    • Date: March 1, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="View of Main Street in La Central Colonia Penal, Coiba Island, Panama, The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition in Panama to Coiba Island, while completing field work for his four volume work, The Birds of Panama, January 9, 1956, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic

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    Slowly (the photographs) turn…

    • Date: April 8, 2010
    • Description: Like Lou Costello or Mo of the Three Stooges whenever I hear the name “Niagara Falls” I pause and take a turn. One turn is to, of course, remember the classic comedy routine (when I was growing up it seemed to play on TV all the time) that involves the interactions between a once prosperous and educated bum and an unsuspecting citizen who doesn’t have a clue about the

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