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    Miami Nice

    • Date: March 30, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: When the names of certain cities are mentioned, photographic images of them pop into your head almost immediately. Washington = buildings on or near the mall. New York = skyscrapers of one sort or another. Paris = the Eiffel Tower. Tokyo = the Ginza shopping and entertainment district. With that thought in mind—and considering the multiple roles photography plays in shaping,

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  3. Treasured Cameras, a short photo series by photographer Julian Calverley.

    Link Love: 2/28/2014

    • Date: February 28, 2014
    • 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. Finding Aid

    SIA RU009513, Lucile Quarry Mann Oral History Interviews, 1977

    • Date: 1977
    • Creator: Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986, interviewee
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Be It Ever So Humble. . .

    • Date: September 2, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2154" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Model picture of suburbia, by Flickr member John Wardell (Netinho)."][/caption] Forget the fact—if you’re lucky enough to be able to—that real estate today is dominated by talk about dropping prices, shaky derivative products and foreclosures. Instead, think positive, and about the central role photography

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  9. American Archives Month

    Link Love: 9/30/2016

    • Date: September 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Join us and other archives around the U.S. to ask questions on Twitter Wednesday, 10/5. #AskAnArchivist [via SAA]A new project looking at the role photography plays in science, with an essay from our own, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette on the credit due to scientist Rosalind Franklin. [via curator Marvin Heiferman]The International Criminal Court has ruled that destroying

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  11. Saving the Treasures from the Morgue

    • Date: June 28, 2012
    • Description: US newspapers have rich photo archives that need attention to make sure they are around for future generations.

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    Too Many to Count

    • Date: September 24, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, c. 1890, Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests

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    SIA Acc. 08-068, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records, 1981-2002

    • Date: 1981 1981-2002
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Seeing the Invisible (Part 2)

    • Date: June 1, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Forever and Ever and Ever and Ever

    • Date: February 2, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    SIA Acc. 06-058, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records, 1978-2003

    • Date: 1978 1978-2003
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  23. William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial view of the National Mall, (depicting Quadrangle Building, Smithsonian Institution Building [Castle], and National Museum of Natural History), 1993

    William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial view of the National Mall, (depicting Quadrangle Building, Smithsonian Institution Building [Castle], and National Museum of Natural History), 1993

    • Date: 1993
    • Creator: Hansen, Carl C

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