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      The man, the myth, the lens

      • Date: May 17, 2010
      • Creator: Susannah Wells
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_6524" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Linsey Scott, Intern, and Michael Barnes, Photographer, from the Center of Scientific Imaging and Photography stand in front of the freshly remounted world-record Black Marlin that was caught in 1953 using 130 pound test line by Alfred C. Glascock, Jr."][/caption] I had the recent opportunity to sit down

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    3. Link Love: 10/23/2020

      • Date: October 23, 2020
      • 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. Cover of sheet music for the Transit of Venus.

      Marching Our Way to the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 6, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to

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    7. Washington Monument grounds ceremony at which Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, 1927.

      Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927

      • Date: February 2, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.

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      Wartime in Washington—Mary Henry on the First Manassas

      • Date: July 21, 2011
      • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the First Battle of Manassas raged just thirty miles southwest of Washington DC and the Smithsonian Institution Building that housed Secretary Joseph Henry and his family.

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      “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

      • Date: July 5, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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    13. Crowds at the U.S. Capitol, assembled for the second inauguration of John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. , 1925.

      Science Service, Up Close: Radio Extends the Audience, Inauguration Day, 1925

      • Date: January 19, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: President Calvin Coolidge's second inauguration in 1925 reaches an audience of millions, thanks to a new technological innovation--the radio.

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      Photography at the Smithsonian

      • Date: March 6, 2009
      • Description: As Director of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative, I’m often asked what makes the Smithsonian photography collections interesting and unique. For me, the answer is less about size – although, the Smithsonian does have more than 13 million photographs of all types – than about function.

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    17. Freeze Frame (Freeze Frame)!

      • Date: May 12, 2022
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: At the Archives we get to see hundreds and hundreds (technically ~3 million if we wanted) images and photographs. We sometimes lose focus (ahh, get it) of all the amazing people behind the lens.National Photograph Month at the Archives

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    19. Visitors head into the Arts and Industries Building,

      Wait. Did That Really Happen? Murder at the Museum

      • Date: January 16, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On January 16, 1907, a man carrying packages asked a carpenter for directions to a former colleague's office in the U.S. National Museum. Minutes later, that man pulled a rifle out of one of the packages and murdered an illustrator working for the Smithsonian.

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      What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: June 16, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.

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    23. A man and woman stand in front of four exhibit cases of coins and paper currency.

      The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

      • Date: March 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.

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