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    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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    SIA Acc. 03-064, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Publications, 1976-1998

    • Date: 1976 1976-1998
    • Creator: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Expedition History, 1923-1927

    • Date: 1923 1923-1927 Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D
    • Creator: Freer Gallery of Art Archaeological Expedition to China (1923-1927)

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    Torch 06/1956

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, Box 1 Folder 6

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    Smokey Bear

    • Date: September 4, 2019
    • Description: Smokey Bear, the character, was created by the Forest Service in August 1944 as the lead symbol in its Wildfire Prevention Campaign. However, there was also a real, living Smokey Bear, himself the victim of a forest fire as a young cub. Smokey was born in 1950 in the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico, where he was found badly burned. Despite the odds for survival, he was

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    SIA Acc. 17-118, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Curatorial Records, 1932-1933, 1937-1939, 1942-1943

    • Date: 1932 1932-1943 1932-1933, 1937-1939, 1942-1943
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 15-057, Robbins, Warren M, Warren M. Robbins Papers, 1941-2010

    • Date: 1941 1941-2010
    • Creator: Robbins, Warren M.
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 92-015, Archives of American Art, Records, circa 1933-1991

    • Date: 1933 1933-1991 circa 1933-1991
    • Creator: Archives of American Art
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 18-163, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center Office of the Director, Director's Records, 1979-2014

    • Date: 1979 1979-2014
    • Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. George Gustav Heye Center. Office of the Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU000341, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary Special Assistant to the Secretary for Bicentennial Planning, Correspondence, 1969-1977

    • Date: 1969 1969-1977
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Special Assistant to the Secretary for Bicentennial Planning
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007078, Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918, Richard Rathbun Papers, 1870-1918 and undated

    • Date: 1870 1870-1918 1870-1918 and undated
    • Creator: Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007251, Knight, J. Brookes (James Brookes) 1888-1960, J. Brookes Knight Papers, circa 1928-1955 and undated

    • Date: 1928 1928-1955 circa 1928-1955 and undated
    • Creator: Knight, J. Brookes (James Brookes), 1888-1960
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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