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  1. A soot-covered disc has four sections labeled “control,” “dry,” “water,” and “isopropanol” in clockwise order. A soot sponge was applied in each area with the appropriate solvent. There is a stark difference between the cleanliness of the control area and the other three areas.

    Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part II

    • Date: October 7, 2021
    • Description: This is part two of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This month, we’re focusing on cleaning tests.

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  3. Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum.

    Sneak Peek 8/5/2019

    • Date: August 5, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.

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    Gone, But Not Forgotten

    • Date: June 30, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_1433" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="Outdated kodachrome '73, '79, '83, by Goodimages."][/caption] Recently, Kodak announced it was discontinuing production of Kodachrome products. Known for its vibrant color, Kodachrome, was a child of the Depression, a process invented by two musicians—violinist Leopold Godowski Jr. and pianist Leopold

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  7. Arrival of Peruvian Silver

    Sneak Peek 3/30/2015

    • Date: March 30, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Richard E. Ahlborn, Sara de Lavalle, and Constance Larco Hoyle, examine a collection of Peruvian silver, OPA-1117-11.

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    Forget Me Nots

    • Date: January 19, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_4140" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="Auguste Deter, Alois Alzheimer's patient in November 1901, first described patient with Alzheimer's Disease, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] From the moment we began to conceptualize the content of click!, it became obvious that we’d need to investigate photography’s relation to memory from a

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  11. North To Alaska

    • Date: June 14, 2012
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Recreating the journey of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 by cruise ship.

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    See Here: 2/3/2011

    • Date: February 3, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="One of a pair of tiger cubs, with a playful appearance, lies on a quilt in its den at the National Zoological Park, The cubs were born on June 14, 1993, to Kerinci, a rare Sumatran tiger who came to the Zoo in July 1989 as part of an exchange with the Jakarta (Ragunan Zoological Garden) Zoo in Indonesia, by Jessie Cohen,

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    Archiving a Dream

    • Date: December 7, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Traditionally, when families gather for end-of-the-year holiday events, reminiscences are shared, new photos and videos get made, and/or old snapshots, home movies, and memories resurface. And while most family narratives are revisited in intimate settings, around kitchen tables or in living rooms, a handful may reach broader audiences, through one set of circumstances or

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  17. National Air and Space Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Under Construction

    Sneak Peek 4/17/2017

    • Date: April 17, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: National Air and Space Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden under construction, 72-10414-16A.

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  19. Presentation of Douglas DC-7 in the Arts and Industries Building

    Sneak Peek 3/16/2015

    • Date: March 16, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Presentation of nose section from American Airlines' "Flagship Vermont" Douglas DC-7 in the Arts and Industries Building, OPA-952R1-08.

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    See Here: 10/25/2010

    • Date: October 25, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="334" caption="Paul Rhymer, Exhibits Specialist in Taxidermy at Exhibits Central, shows off the radio-controlled badger he created for Brian Miller, a post-doctoral fellow working at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, VA, The "robo-badger" had been found as road-kill and mailed to Rhymer frozen,

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  23. Frances Densmore

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Densmore

    • Date: October 19, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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