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    1. Promotional black and white photograph of The Beatles, c. 1964, as seen in even, non-raking visible light. Courtesy of E. Keats Webb, Museum Conservation Institute. Accession 2014.02 - Harry Lynn Collection, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.

      But all I've got is a photograph . . . or an autograph?

      • Date: April 29, 2014
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Watch how we make invisible Beatles’ autographs visible with Reflectance Transform Imaging, a technique for forensic document examination.

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    3. Taking a sample of mold.

      Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack

      • Date: July 26, 2016
      • Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.

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    5. To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media

      • Date: June 13, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.

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    7. History and Chronologies

      • Date: July 5, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: As the National Museum of American History's new director, John Gray, begins his tenure we take a look back at those who proceeded him.

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    9. Composite of 700 images from the Freer Ramayana.

      Link Love: 12/19/2014

      • Date: December 19, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On New Years Day 2015, the 44,000 works of art in the Smithsonian’s Freer | Sackler collection will be available online. [via WAMU] Dumpster diving! The National Museum of American History added a copy of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 game found in a landfill to their collection. [via O Say Can You See, National Museum of American History]The grand re-opening of

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      Link Love: 3/11/2011

      • Date: March 11, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    13. Observations taken from 9 p.m. August 3th to 2 a.m. August 9, 1872 in Holt County, Missouri, of an aurora. Detailed, timed observations on a single sized document in purple ink.

      The Increase and Diffusion of Data

      • Date: October 19, 2021
      • Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

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    15. One of the enlargements following treatment and mounting. Photo by Michael Barnes.

      Re-mounting the American Bison

      • Date: February 25, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: One of our recent projects, these photographic crayon enlargements, associated with founder of the National Zoo William Temple Hornaday, were made on sensitized paper that was then adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. The paper had become brittle, and handling at some point in the past led to a number of punctures and tears through both the paper and the

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      Link Love: 5/13/2011

      • Date: May 13, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 23, Negative Number:

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    19. Girl smiling with bow in hair sitting next to Helen Keller who has her arm around her and is smiling

      Link Love: 6/22/2018

      • Date: June 22, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The American Foundation for the Blind launched the Helen Keller Archive, the world's first fully accessible digital archive comprised of more than 160,000 artifacts. [via PR Newswire]Ahead of his major retrospective at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, artist Trevor Paglen shares his views on the social and political implication of surveillance systems and artificial

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      Come Talk to Us Today on Twitter for Ask Archivists Day!

      • Date: June 9, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: As we mentioned earlier this week, today is AskArchivists Day on Twitter. Starting at 9 am EST, and until 5 pm EST today, Smithsonian expert archivists, will be answering all of your questions about archivists, archiving, and archival collections.Come on over to the Smithsonian Twitter feed, and ask a question by adding @Smithsonian and the hashtag #AskArchivists to your

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    23. Buddha draped in robes

      17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

      • Date: August 10, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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