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      Meanwhile, back on earth... A Slideshow

      • Date: June 5, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="133" caption="Earth, 1971, Apollo 15, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies"][/caption] The planets and outer space used to seem far, far away from our lives down on earth. But as this slideshow reveals, by the mid-twentieth century—with Ford Galaxies in our driveways, satellite-shaped barbeque

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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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      Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 2

      • Date: August 5, 2010
      • Description: This piece is part two in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Also see part 1 and a related post on NASM's blog. [caption id="attachment_7587"

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    7. Harry Houdini, c. 1920, by Unidentified photographer, National Portrait Gallery,

      Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian

      • Date: December 26, 2011
      • Description: Harry Houdini visits Aleš Hrdlička at the National Museum to get measured and declines giving his remains to the Smithsonian.

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    9. Sepia toned image of African American woman posed and seated in chair.

      Link Love: 4/7/2017

      • Date: April 7, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved

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    11. Free NASA Posters, image courtesy NASA/JPL.

      Link Love: 02/19/2016

      • Date: February 19, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Don't miss out on getting your copy of these beautiful NASA space travel posters. [via The Drive]GPS art by bicycle. [via bored panda]448 free art books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [via Open Culture]Learn how to archive institutional email from two of our own. [via Library of Congress]A new 3D scan of Apollo 11 reveals astronaut graffiti depicting flight plans, a

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    13. James Smithson as an Oxford Student, 1786, by James Roberts.

      James Smithson at Oxford

      • Date: September 12, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6861,size=300,right] Some students look forward eagerly to the new school year; others dread the end of summer and the long year ahead. How did the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson (1765-1829), feel about school? Smithson attended Oxford University in England from 1782 to 1786, receiving a Masters of Arts degree in chemistry and mineralogy.

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    15. Isaac speaks at a podium.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Gwyneira Isaac

      • Date: October 21, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    17. Auto polo (LOC), by Bain News Service, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915.

      Link Love: 3/9/2012

      • Date: March 9, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • 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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      Smithsonian in Popular Culture | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution

        • Date: August 6, 2019
        • Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.

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        Link Love: 9/29/2017

        • Date: September 29, 2017
        • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
        • Description: Our National Museum of African American History & Culture is getting a forever stamp October 13th! [via WUSA 9]Save the date: the Freer Sackler reopens October 14th and the are celebrating with a festival, IlluminAsia featuring projections on the building. [via DCist] Need your baby animal fix? The National Zoo has three baby critically-endangered dama gazelles, the latest

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