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    1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)

      Election Collection: John F. Kennedy

      • Date: November 3, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection. Check back on the blog weekly until November 8th for a new #ElectionCollection highlight, and make sure to follow the fun via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Related ResourcesJohn F. Kennedy, The White HouseSweet

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      See Here: 3/22/2011

      • Date: March 22, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Image of an expedition member working on the skeleton fossil Sp. 22-27, Titanotherium, Scientific field research headed by Charles W. Gilmore, curator of vertebrate paleontology for the U.S. National Museum (USNM), now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was conducted in 1931 and 1932, by Unidentified

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    5. Statue of a toga-clad George Washington in the corner of a building.

      Archives Puzzles: Toga! Toga!

      • Date: February 15, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    7. Science Service director Watson Davis with General Motors' Thomas Midgley Jr, 1936.

      Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies

      • Date: March 30, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring

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    9. Photograph album page, black paper with five black and white photographs of plants and a spider specimen.

      Thanks for the specimens, J. Bruce Bredin!

      • Date: October 11, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: This philanthropist’s passion for research and adventure inspired him to join a series of collecting expeditions with the Smithsonian in the 1950s.

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    11. A man and woman in beige shirts and pants stand in front of four elephants. Four men are riding the elephants. The man in beige is wearing a hat and binoculars around his neck.

      A Crafty Way to Support the Smithsonian

      • Date: May 14, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Tracing the history of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, created in 1966 to raise funds to support the Institution, especially its educational programs.

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    13. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

      “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

      • Date: March 10, 2016
      • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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    15. Attendees of the Field Notes Edit-a-Thon 2013, by Geraldshields11

      Field Notes Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

      • Date: June 27, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: This is a summary of the Smithsonian Institution Archives' 3rd Wikipedia edit-a-thon on the scientific field books in the Archives’ collections

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    17. View of Folders in Accession 12-530. Note the folder labeled Unicorn towards

      Searching for Unicorns

      • Date: July 18, 2013
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: The discovery of a folder titled, "Unicorn," in collection at first brings excitement then disappointment as the unicorn in question was a unicorn fish, not the mythical unicorn.

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      Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

      • Date: August 18, 2020
      • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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    21. A woman stands behind a man, in the forefront. Both are standing near a portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann M. Shumard

      • Date: April 8, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Ann M. Shumard has worked to develop the photography collection at the National Portrait Gallery as an Assistant Curator, 1979–2001, and Senior Curator of Photographs, 2001–present. She has curated more than a dozen exhibitions and serves on the Smithsonian’s Collections Advisory Committee. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Making Plaster Mold of Body of Sulphur-Bottom Whale, 1903, lantern slide.

      A Whale of a Tale

      • Date: November 13, 2014
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: In honor of the 163rd anniversary of the publishing of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, here’s a whale themed slideshow.

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