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    Biodiversity Illustrated

    • Date: June 30, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: While the Smithsonian Institution is perhaps better known for its museums that pepper the landscape of the National Mall in Washington DC, its devotion to scientific research easily matches its dedication to collecting, preserving, and displaying artifacts of cultural and historical importance. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) started off as a small field

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  3. Exterior View of Smithsonian Buildings

    Sneak Peek 4/20/2015

    • Date: April 20, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Exterior view of the National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, and the Arts and Industries Building featuring Rocket Row, as seen from Independence Avenue, 77-2273.

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  5. Washington Monument under construction with U.S. Fish Commission hatching ponds in the foreground and Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in the background.

    The Little Aquarium That Could

    • Date: June 23, 2022
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.

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  7. Photographers with photographic equipment by the U.S. Fish Commission fish hatchery ponds located near the grounds of the Washington Monument.

    Vintage Shutterbugs

    • Date: May 26, 2020
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Did you know that May is National Photography Month? Declared by Congress as a month-long event in 1987, National Photography Month celebrates all aspects of photography. We invite you to see what our photographers were up to a century before this declaration in this behind- the-scenes slideshow of the photographic laboratory spaces, set-ups, and equipment of the United States

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  9. Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913.

    Sneak Peek 3/16/2020

    • Date: March 16, 2020
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.

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  11. Construction of Angelica Van Buren Mannequin for First Ladies Hall Exhibition

    Sneak Peek 6/18/2018

    • Date: June 18, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Construction of Angelica Van Buren mannequin for First Ladies Hall exhibition at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, November 1972, SIA Acc. 11-009, 73-1221-25A.

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  13. Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man” Works on a Composition for the French Horn

    Sneak Peek 2/11/2019

    • Date: February 11, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man,” museum specialist in the Division of Musical Instruments at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, works on a composition for the french horn, 79-5900-32.

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  15. Nile Hippopotamuses and Baby at National Zoological Park

    Sneak Peek 5/28/2018

    • Date: May 28, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Nile hippopotamuses and baby at National Zoological Park, 73-3818.

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  17. Exhibit case featuring items lent by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution on display in the United States National Museum.

    Sneak Peek 7/1/2019

    • Date: July 1, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Exhibit case featuring items lent by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, including a spinning wheel, on display in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-14414.

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  19. Unlocking the Vault

    • Date: February 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.

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  21. Betty Ford Donates Dress to First Ladies Collection

    Sneak Peek 10/1/2018

    • Date: October 1, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Donation of Betty Ford dress to collection of First Ladies gowns at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, with Frankie Welch, fashion designer, First Lady Betty Ford, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, 76-7870-11A.

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  23. Alpaca and vicuña at National Zoological Park, circa 1910s.

    Sneak Peek 12/9/2019

    • Date: December 9, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Alpaca and vicuña at National Zoological Park, circa 1910s, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B48_F10_001.

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