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    1. Vault door installed at the entrance to the new Numismatics Gallery at the National Museum of American History.

      Link Love: 5/22/2015

      • Date: May 22, 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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    3. The world’s first airplane was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and flown for the first time in Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903. In addition to making those historic first flights, the Wright Flyer embodies fundamental elements of all subsequent airplanes.

      Link Love: 11/15/2013

      • Date: November 15, 2013
      • 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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    5. Oil painting of woman sitting at desk next to sunlit window.

      Link Love: 3/10/2017

      • Date: March 10, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: 2017 Women's History Month edition!Explore the changing role of female artists with Europeana. [via Europeana Twitter]The Smithsonian's Latino Center is accepting applications for their 2017 Young Ambassadors Program for graduating high school seniors! [via Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships and Internships]You can help transribe Phyllis Diller's joke file from the

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magdalena Mieri

      • Date: November 3, 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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    9. Brooke and an unidentified man appear to be unpacking boxes in an office.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna Brooke

      • Date: June 23, 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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    11. Shark Attack Tracks

      • Date: August 8, 2013
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Research on shark attacks began at the National Museum of Natural History in 1958 when the Shark Research Panel was formed to track attacks and develop shark repellents.

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    13. Wine Label from Spain

      Link Love: 8/5/2016

      • Date: August 5, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Help transcribe wine labels for the University of California, Davis, to contribute to the understanding of the post-Prohibition wine industry. [via Hyperallergic]Getty hired its first semantic architect, Rob Sanderson, who will work on their open culture initiatives. [via Iris]A hidden Degas portrait revealed by a particle accelerator! [via NY Times]The California Academy of

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      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      Muskets Issued to Smithsonian as Civil War Begins

      • Date: April 20, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the

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      For All the World to See

      • Date: February 10, 2011
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE.

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    21. Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

      • Date: September 2, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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    23. Majewski crouches down near two children, who are not looking toward the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janice Majewski

      • Date: May 19, 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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