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    1. Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects

      • Date: October 15, 2012
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.

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      For All the World to See

      • Date: February 10, 2011
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE.

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    5. New York World's Fair Map

      Walt Disney's Progressland

      • Date: July 21, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Walt Disney designed--and General Electric sponsored--look at America’s figurative and literal electric future, Progressland, wowed visitors at the 1964 World’s Fair--and elements of it exist today in both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks.

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    7. Cover of the supplementary material for March of Science, an episode of the radio program The World is Yours, issued January 15, 1940.

      The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio

      • Date: June 8, 2017
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.

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    9. Six women pose for a photograph. The photo is dated 8-31-30. The names of the women are written in cursive below the photo.The include: Louise A. Rosenbusch, Louise Pearson, Narcissus Smith, Helen A. Olmsted, Nellie Smith, and Margaret W. Moodey.

      Depression-Era Pen Pals: A Correspondence Between Two Hard-Working Women

      • Date: January 7, 2020
      • Description: Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared experiences as working women in the Great Depression. Together, they helped improve a publication that does not bear their names: the Smithsonian Scientific Series.

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    11. Portrait photograph of Mariah Wahl. She has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a dark-colored top. She is standing in front of a door.

      Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

      • Date: September 14, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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    13. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

      What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation

      • Date: April 29, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.

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    15. From Plantations to Islands of Science: Travels in Costa Rica and Panama - Part II

      • Date: January 31, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    17. The mast and signal flag raised on Marchena Island by the castaways (detail),

      The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 4

      • Date: November 7, 2011
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards

      • Date: May 29, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single

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    21. Emma Wolman interned at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 2009. Photo courtesy of Emma Wolman.

      Where Are They Now?

      • Date: May 20, 2014
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives catches up with former interns.

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    23. Atatürk Bust, San Posta, 23 Temmuz 1931, SALT Research, https://www.flickr.com/photos/saltonline/14482745040/.

      You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A

      • Date: November 4, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and

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