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    1. A yellow-tinted catalog page showing two women in front of painted backgrounds, one of a nature scene, one of a shipdeck with a ship on water in the background.

      Link Love: 7/20/2018

      • Date: July 20, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Old school filters. [via Smithsonian Libraries]Progress is being made to find the burned remnants of the last slave ship to reach U.S. soil. [via National Geographic]Meet the Library of Congress reference librarian who helps people research their African American genealogy. [via LOC]You can help transcribe the papers of Civil Rights figure, Julian Bond, with the University of

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    3. Link Love: 01/29/2021

      • Date: January 29, 2021
      • 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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    5. Sepia toned image of African American woman posed and seated in chair.

      Link Love: 4/7/2017

      • Date: April 7, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved

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    7. Who Wore it Best - Cyclist Couture: Lyonel Feininger vs. Elihu Vedder, Courtesy of the Archives of American Art.

      Link Love: 1/17/2014

      • Date: January 17, 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. 4 rows of various cartoon character badges with the headline

      Link Love: 4/20/2018

      • Date: April 20, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: When Mickey Mouse was used in war propaganda. [via National Museum of American History]NASA is on the search for new planets. [via BBC]The Initiative for Open Citations is attempting to make an open repository of citations. [via Boing Boing]Benjamin Franklin's papers are now online at Library of Congress. [via LOC blog]Service training for DC police officers — a visit to the

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      Link Love: 4/15/2011

      • Date: April 15, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Congratulations to the main Smithsonian website, which has been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of Best Cultural Institution website! (Please go and vote.) Mark your calendars! The Library of Congress will be hosting the free public event, Pass it On: Personal Archiving Day, on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m to provide the public with information about

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      Link Love: 12/6/2013

      • Date: December 6, 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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    15. Intricately carved beige stone of 2 warriors during battle

      Link Love: 11/17/2017

      • Date: November 17, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A recently discovered carved sealstone from a 3,500 year old tomb in Southwest Greece shows that highly skilled stone carving in Greek civilization occurred much earlier than thought. [via Colossal]Speaking of warriors, how to fight file format rot from the Library of Congress. [via Scientific American]A new program from our National Museum of the American Indian seeks to

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    17. Presidential Pencils, Courtesy of the Preservation at the National Archives blog

      Link Love: 7/6/2012

      • Date: July 6, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • 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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    19. 2 visitors observe large head-shaped sculpture with horizontal bands and projection of older visitor

      Link Love: 12/15/2017

      • Date: December 15, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Artist Mathew Mohr has created a 14-foot interactive sculpture that creates projections of visitor's faces! [via Colossal]The Library of Congress has added 64 films for free streaming to their National Film Registry. [via Info Docket]Conservators are using light in the form of Reflectance Transformation Imaging to find Isaac Newton's doodles on the walls of childhood home.

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      Link Love: 12/10/2010

      • Date: December 10, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: The Library of Congress has posted nearly 700 Civil War photos to the Flickr Commons. Forget Tomb Raider—an Archive Raider is much cooler. How is the discoverer of the poinsettia plant, Joel Poinsett, connected to SIA and the Smithsonian? Find out more on the Around the Mall blog. It’s like first aid for your books: Archives Outside gives detailed directions about how to make

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    23. Link Love: 03/19/2021

      • Date: March 19, 2021
      • 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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