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  1. A woman in the forefront vacuums a costume. Another woman stands in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Polly Willman

    • Date: May 13, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Polly Willman, Conservator of Costumes, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 1988–99, supervised staff and treated costume and textile objects for the museum’s major exhibitions, including for the redesign of the First Ladies Hall. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy as children sitting together in a wagon on the beach.

    Link Love: 9/21/2018

    • Date: September 21, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • 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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    Link Love: 9/11/2015

    • Date: September 11, 2015
    • 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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  7. A woman stands near two folders of paperwork.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jeanne Benas

    • Date: April 15, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Jeanne Benas was an Assistant Registrar at the National Museum of Air and Space, 1982–85, and an Assistant Registrar and Registrar at the National Museum of American History, 1985–2015. She is a founding member of the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing a necklace of of Brazilian beetles set in gold.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets

    • Date: December 11, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker

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  11. A woman sits at a desk covered in papers. The caption below reads: Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins was the Curator of Collections at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, 1979-99. But she had also been working as a registrar, educator, and curator with the Museum of African Art, 1966-79, before the collection was transferred to the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins

    • Date: August 14, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins was the Curator of Collections at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, 1979-99. But she had also been working as a registrar, educator, and curator with the Museum of African Art, 1966-79, before the collection was transferred to the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

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  13. The world’s first airplane was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and flown for the first time in Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903. In addition to making those historic first flights, the Wright Flyer embodies fundamental elements of all subsequent airplanes.

    Link Love: 11/15/2013

    • Date: November 15, 2013
    • 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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  15. Four women work on a mosaic on some sort of base.

    Link Love: 05/28/2021

    • Date: May 28, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a biweekly 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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  17. Painting on a square canvas with a large black circle in the center with various triangular shapes inside

    Uta C. Merzbach: Smithsonian's First Curator of Mathematical Instruments

    • Date: March 22, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Uta C. Merzbach was the Smithsonian's first curator of mathematical instruments. She brought her field to life with unique presentations of mathematical concepts and computer history.

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  19. Gathering specimens in the field for the insect zoo at the National Museum of Natural History, August 8, 1972, by Harry Neufeld.

    Bug Hunting

    • Date: September 16, 2014
    • Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.

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  21. New Orleans Street Parade

    • Date: December 12, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band

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  23. A woman stands near a table that children are working on.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Laura L. McKie

    • Date: April 24, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Laura L. McKie, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–2001, planned, coordinated, and conducted educational activities at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She began her career with the museum as a docent in 1969, and in 1971, she was hired as an Anthropology Education Specialist . #Groundbreaker

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