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    1. Chief Joseph, by Edward Curtis, 1903 (printed 1980), orotone, National Portrait Gallery, NPG 80.325.

      November is Native American Heritage Month

      • Date: November 5, 2013
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Please join the Smithsonian and institutions around the country as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November!

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      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2019

      • Date: June 25, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted this spring at SIA.

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    5. Happy Flag Day!

      • Date: June 14, 2011
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes as the national flag and on the same day one hundred years later, the first observance of the Flag was held. However, it was not celebrated again on such a scale until 1916, in the midst of World War I, when President Woodrow Wilson pronounced the day Flag Day. Though not officially adopted by Congress as

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      Women in Science: What the Photos Say

      • Date: March 20, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption width="189" caption="Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr (b. 1895), sitting in lab with microscope, Smithsonian Insitution Archives"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_238" width="162" caption="New Use for Light Reflector, National Museum of American History"][/caption]I was intrigued by a recent post on the National Museum of American History’s (NMAH) blog about the

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    9. Three men, two women and a child pulling rope to ring bell.

      Celebrating One Year and Many More to Come: National Museum of African American History and Culture

      • Date: September 26, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Just two days ago, the Smithsonian celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). It seems like just yesterday that we were all waiting for the doors to open; yet, so much has happened in the past year. Since President Barack Obama rang the bell that opened the museum, long lines and happy faces are

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      See Here: 4/12/2010

      • Date: April 12, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="National Portrait Gallery (NPG) curator of photographs, Will Stapp, and his assistant, Ann Shumard, with the last photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln, 1982, Dane A. Penland, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder June 1982, Negative Number: 82-4838-22A."][/caption]

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    13. Historian Lillian B. Miller, National Portrait Gallery

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lillian B. Miller

      • Date: August 31, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Historian Lillian B. Miller was the 1st woman in her family to go to college, became a professor at age 23, was turned down for a job in the 50s since she was pregnant, and due to her seminal work on Charles Wilson Peale, landed a job with our National Portrait Gallery in the 70s. #Groundbreaker

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      The Wedding Story

      • Date: December 31, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24, 1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278439. "][/caption] When I read Laurie Lambrecht’s recent

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    17. Young girl playing a violin with a piano and yellow electric guitar in the background.

      Turn up the Volume - The Electric Guitar

      • Date: March 5, 2019
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In November of 1996, the electric guitar, its history and its makers, were the focus of attention at the National Museum of American History.

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    19. Exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art (now Renwick Gallery) designed by architect James Renwick, Jr. The c. 1930s image shows the building when it served as the U.S. Court of Claims.

      Revisiting Renwick

      • Date: January 27, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: While closed for renovations, here is a look at some historic images of the Renwick Gallery on the anniversary of its opening to the public.

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    21. Greetings From Anywhere

      • Date: May 3, 2012
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: In honor of National Postcard Week May 6–12, 2012, explore postcards from the Archives and the Smithsonian’s collections.

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    23. The Renwick Gallery, presently under renovation, is scheduled to reopen this coming November.

      Link Love: 4/24/2015

      • Date: April 24, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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