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    1. Calling All First Ladies

      • Date: August 27, 2013
      • Description: A closer look at the First Lady’s social obligation to exchange calling cards in the early 19th century.

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      Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady of the National Collection of Fine Arts

      • Date: August 8, 2019
      • Description: Learn about Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady, globetrotter, and founding donor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum!

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    5. Keepsake pocket bank for the National Negro Memorial, ca. 1926

      The First Quest for a National African American Museum

      • Date: September 22, 2016
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: As National Museum of African American History and Culture opens, let’s look at the first efforts to establish a National African American Museum.

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      First Lady in Flight

      • Date: August 11, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="269" caption="First Lady of the Land, First Lady of the Air, by John Roosevelt, c. 1936, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center"][/caption] One of the things I love about working at the Smithsonian is spending my days typing keywords into our search engines and seeing what kind of images will

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    9. 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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    11. Visitors viewing transparent woman at the opening of the Hall of Health

      The Hall of Health and the Exhibits Modernization Program

      • Date: December 15, 2016
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: In the 1950s US National Museum staff revitalized exhibits across the Smithsonian, completely transforming the Arts & Industries Building.

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    13. 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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    15. A man sits at a desk on which large bones sit. An animal skeleton is hanging on the wall.

      The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 6, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

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    17. Hall holds up the Guard of the Month certificate.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elease Hall

      • Date: February 10, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    19. 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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      Happy Anniversary, National Museum of African American History and Culture!

      • Date: September 28, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A year ago on September 24, 2016, the Smithsonian gained a new museum — the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Since then, 2.5 million people have visited the museum. In honor of their historic opening, we look back at photographer Michael Barnes' favorite images from the year.[view:sia_slideshow==77271]Related ResourcesHistory of the National Museum of

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      Smithsonian’s First Earth Day

      • Date: April 20, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: How did the Smithsonian take part in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970?

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