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    1. Halides on display in a well-lit exhibit case.

      Archives Puzzles: Shine Bright Like a Halide

      • Date: January 11, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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      See Here: 5/25/2010

      • Date: May 25, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="An exhibit of rocks and minerals in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, The exhibit includes Balls of Brecciated Marble from Japan in the middle case and other samples of rocks and minerals in the other cases next to it, 1900s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian

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      See Here: 1/10/2011

      • Date: January 10, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="A Junior League docent explains exhibits in The Hall of Gems and Minerals, National Museum of Natural History, to visiting school children, 1950s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder 44, Negative Number: MNH 142-A."][/caption]

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      See Here: 7/19/2010

      • Date: July 19, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="A Junior League docent explains exhibits in The Hall of Gems and Minerals, National Museum of Natural History, to visiting school children, 1950s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder 44, Negative Number: MNH 142-A."][/caption]

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      See Here: 11/29/2010

      • Date: November 29, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="Merle Crisler Foshag examining specimens from the collection of minerals received from Washington A. Roebling's son, John A. Roebling in 1926, c. 1926, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 8, Folder 35, Negative Number: 2002-12180."][/caption]

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    11. Portrait of Oscar Loew

      Spotlight: Oscar Loew, Office of the Chemist

      • Date: August 26, 2021
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: a closer look at Oscar Loew, the first person to hold the Office of Smithsonian Chemist.

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      See Here: 12/6/2010

      • Date: December 6, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Image of a wall case displaying specimens from the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, The case, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, is located in the Hall of Gems and Minerals in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1958, by Unidentified photographer,

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      100 Years of the Natural History Building

      • Date: June 17, 2010
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on

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    17. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria prepares to jump from the altitude of 29455 meters during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico on July 25, 2012. Photo courtesy of Red Bull Stratos.

      Link Love: 3/28/2014

      • Date: March 28, 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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    19. Mineralogists Eugene Jarosewich, Chemist, and Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Associate Curator, examine samples from a Mexican meteorite shower for the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Record Unit 371, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 94-1533.

      Miscellaneous Mysteries of the Universe

      • Date: October 28, 2014
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: In this next edition of our Miscellaneous Adventures, choose your own adventures by diving into the folders yourself in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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    21. What Did the Smithsonian Exhibit When it First Opened?

      • Date: May 22, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: An overview of what the Smithsonian collected and displayed when it first opened to the public in 1855.

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    23. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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