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  1. Black and white photograph of SAO staff, including Nancy Prichard, then referenced to as Miss McCandlish, and Gladys T. Bond, referred to as Mrs. Bond.

    Early 20th-Century Women Computers at the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 12, 2021
    • Description: Learn about Florence A. Graves, Gladys Thurlby Bond, and Nancy Prichard, three 20th century women computers who advanced solar research.

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    National Museum of the American Indian

    • Date: September 18, 2013
    • Description: The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was created on November 18, 1989, when President George H.W. Bush signed an act allowing the transfer of the Museum of the American Indian into the Smithsonian to create NMAI. As one of the Smithsonian’s newer museums, the images in this gallery show the evolution of postcard use at the Smithsonian. The NMAI postcards mainly

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    Torch 09/1965

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1965 Box 1 Folder 9

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    SIA RU009533, Minicomputers and Microcomputers Videohistory Collection, 1987

    • Date: 1987
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Postcard History

    • Date: September 19, 2013
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13918,size=350,right] Postcards, as we are familiar with them today, have taken a considerable amount of time to develop. First restricted by size, color, and other regulations, postcard production blossomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Postcards were popular because they were a quick and easy way for individuals to communicate with each other.

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    American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery

    • Date: September 5, 2013
    • Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) are two different museums that had their origins in the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art. They have been housed in the old Patent Office Building since 1968. The American Art Museum was established in 1907 under the name “National Gallery of Art.” The National Portrait Gallery was

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    The Near Faraway

    • Date: December 3, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    SIA RU009548, Waltham Clock Company Videohistory Collection, 1989

    • Date: 1989
    • Creator: Waltham Clock Company
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  17. Map of expedition sites in Sumatra, 1901

    The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Astronomers Often Go Awry: The 1901 Sumatra Eclipse Expedition

    • Date: August 17, 2017
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Astronomers travel far and wide to see solar eclipses but sometimes their best laid plans don’t work out..

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    SIA Acc. 07-137, DeVorkin, David H. 1944-, David H. DeVorkin Papers, circa 1979-2002

    • Date: 1979 1979-2002 circa 1979-2002
    • Creator: DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  21. Documenting a Geologist's Adventures

    • Date: December 11, 2012
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently acquired the papers of Ursula Marvin, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory geologist who has studied meteorites and lunar samples.

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  23. Dan Kimball adjusting the telescope at the Maria Mitchell Observatory prior to the eclipse.

    Lasting Consequences from Past Solar Eclipses

    • Date: August 22, 2017
    • Description: Solar eclipse trips can have lasting effects on an astronomy student’s life, as NASM’s David DeVorkin tells us about the 1970 Yale Observatory expedition and beach party to view an eclipse at Nantucket.

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