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  1. Helms interviews curator Keith E. Melder in four negative photographs.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Cynthia Helms

    • Date: April 21, 2021
    • 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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    Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair

    • Date: October 19, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."

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  5. At the Archives Star Wars Is

    • Date: December 17, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening tomorrow, here are some Star Wars related things from the Archives Collections.

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  7. June 1, 1967, letter, De Niro to Hirshhorn.

    Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr., and Joseph Hirshhorn

    • Date: June 17, 2014
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: A new documentary on the artist Robert De Niro, Sr. and De Niro's connection with art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn.

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  9. 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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    See Here: 6/28/2010

    • Date: June 28, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption=""Voyager," the first aircraft to fly around the world without landing or refueling, is being lifted into place in the south gallery of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), The craft, which has a wingspan of 108 feet, was separated into five sections and transported from the Paul E. Garber Facility in Suitland,

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    See Here: 8/19/2010

    • Date: August 19, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Visitors viewing "Friendship 7" in the Quonset Hut of the National Air and Space Museum in the South Yard, "Friendship 7" is the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the Earth, On February 20, 1962, Glenn circled the Earth three times, late 1960s - c. 1975, by

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    See Here: 12/31/2010

    • Date: December 31, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="299" caption="Hanging from the walls of the National Air and Space Museum, the U.S. flag loomed large and proud over the podium at the July 20 celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first lunar landing, President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle joined the three Apollo 22 astronauts- Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins

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    The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 7, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian

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  19. Someone holds a wax cylinder up to the camera. Other objects are on a cart.

    Coming Soon! Our New Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative

    • Date: April 13, 2021
    • Description: We’re excited to announce a new Smithsonian initiative to support the preservation of Smithsonian audiovisual collections!

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    Link Love: 10/20/2017

    • Date: October 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You can help the Smithsonian produce a 9 CD Hip Hop & Rap Anthology in a newly launched Kickstarter, and if you kick in $100 or more, you'll get a digital-only track! The material in the anthology was produced with an advisory board comprised of members of the hip-hop community including artists Chuck D, MC Lyte, Questlove and 9th Wonder. [via billboard]The Smithsonian

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    See Here: 3/3/2010

    • Date: March 3, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Rocket Row along the West Side of the Arts and Industries Building before the National Air and Space Museum was built. The four missiles on exhibit are: From left to right, the Jupiter C, which launched Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite; the Vanguard; the Polaris, the first U.S. submarine-launched ICBM; and the Atlas,

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