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    Avatar. A Photographic Game-Changer?

    • Date: January 20, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: A few days ago, I went to an IMAX 3D showing of Avatar to see for myself if the movie is a “game-changer,” as many have suggested. And, it is, but in a way no one seems to be focusing on—the way it acknowledges and exploits photography’s power to shape both everyday and alternate realities. What struck me, as soon as the movie started, was how sophisticated the film’s

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  3. Color photo of former Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Pamela Henson receiving award.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Pamela Henson

    • Date: September 6, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives historian and American University professor, Dr. Pamela Henson, has managed the Smithsonian's oral history program recording important moments in Smithsonian history since 1974, and received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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  5. The Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jane Turner

    • Date: April 20, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ths Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Martha Goodway

    • Date: December 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker

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  9. A handwritten map. On a square box are tiny, labeled circles. The paper is dated 1992.

    Love a Tree (Every)Day

    • Date: May 16, 2019
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: On Love a Tree Day, the Archives discusses the Smithsonian's dedication to trees throughout the world.

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  11. Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonians Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Gilmour

    • Date: February 25, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian's Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: August 5, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Benjamin Johnston

    • Date: June 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston trained under the Smithsonian's first photographer, Thomas Smillie, and opened her own photography studio in 1894, the only female to do so at the time. #Groundbreaker

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  17. As one of the Smithsonian's 1st female managers, Helena Weiss was responsible for the central filing system of public mail, accession reports, loans and exchanges, shipping, foreign travel, customs regulations, insurance, and workman's compensation.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helena Weiss

    • Date: April 27, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: As one of the Smithsonian's 1st female managers, Helena Weiss was responsible for the central filing system of public mail, accession reports, loans and exchanges, shipping, foreign travel, customs regulations, insurance, and workman's compensation.

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  19. Forensic Anthropologist, Kari Bruwelheide solves cold cases—some as old as 10,000 years! She and her colleagues develop new ways to interpret evidence from bones and burials and are currently solving mysteries from the days of the earliest English settlements in America. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Kari Bruwelheide

    • Date: December 31, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Forensic Anthropologist, Kari Bruwelheide solves cold cases—some as old as 10,000 years! She and her colleagues develop new ways to interpret evidence from bones and burials and are currently solving mysteries from the days of the earliest English settlements in America. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Estimated Route Welty and Palmer Traveled.

    A Race On the Wild Side

    • Date: February 21, 2013
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: Ride along as two young boys go on the adventure of lifetime, racing a stolen horse and buggy around Washington, D.C.

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    If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it...

    • Date: May 10, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion, 1925, by Watson Davis, Black and white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image # SIA2008-1146"][/caption] We are nearing the 2nd anniversary of the Smithsonian launching on the

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