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    1. Portrait of Thomas William Smillie

      Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection

      • Date: July 14, 2016
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!

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    3. Untitled c. 1905, RU7179_Box1_F21_Heller05 [SPI_1655].

      An Ode to the Bicycle

      • Date: May 8, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Time to dust off your velocipedes and bone-shakers! The League of American Bicyclists have declared May to be “National Bike Month” and have several events lined up to celebrate biking everywhere; Bike to Work Day (May 16), Bike to School Day (May 7), and Cyclofemme (May 11) .I love picking a theme or keyword and browsing through the Smithsonian’s collections.

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    5. Brigadier General Adolphus Washington Greely

      Miscellaneous Adventures in Ballooning

      • Date: August 2, 2016
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures finds photos of war balloons used by the US Army Signal Corps.

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    7. Three men in mariachi outfits hold instruments and walk. They are wearing hats and their faces are painted.

      How Much is in That Terabyte?

      • Date: December 6, 2018
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: 2018 was a busy year for born-digital collections at the Archives

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    9. One of the enlargements following treatment and mounting. Photo by Michael Barnes.

      Re-mounting the American Bison

      • Date: February 25, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: One of our recent projects, these photographic crayon enlargements, associated with founder of the National Zoo William Temple Hornaday, were made on sensitized paper that was then adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. The paper had become brittle, and handling at some point in the past led to a number of punctures and tears through both the paper and the

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    11. From the field notebook of Robert H. Gibbs, Jr.

      Scientific Snack Breaks: Picnics in the Field Books

      • Date: July 13, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: Go on a picnic through the field book collection, with a look at scientific snack breaks.

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    13. Image of yellow pencils at different stages of sharpening on mechanical belt.

      Link Love: 1/19/2018

      • Date: January 19, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: These photos just make you want to write solely in pencil. [story on one of America's last pencil factory via NY Times]It's hard to believe the Flickr Commons, a space in Flickr for archival photo collections, is 10 years old. [via Library of Congress]Scientists, including a fellow from our National Museum of Natural History, Ligiane Moras, have identified two new species of

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    15. Teachers at Smithsonian Teachers' Night 2011, Courtesy of Smithsonian Education.

      Last Chance to Register for Smithsonian Teachers' Night 2012

      • Date: September 24, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    17. Yak with long fur stands in the snow. It is facing the camera.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2021

      • Date: October 12, 2021
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    19. 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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    21. Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

      Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 26, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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      NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Facility Marks 10 Years

      • Date: December 12, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: NASM’s Udvar-Hazy facility celebrates its 10th anniversary.

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