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  1. Photo of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

    Link Love: 7/17/2015

    • Date: July 17, 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. Buddha draped in robes

    17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

    • Date: August 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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  5. Introducing Here At The Smithsonian

    • Date: December 29, 2020
    • Description: We are starting a new monthly blog series featuring episodes of Here At The Smithsonian.

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  7. Adelia Gates—Flower Painter or Botanical Illustrator?

    • Date: March 31, 2011
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  9. The top portion of a parchment membrane with a wavy top edge is shown; dark, heavy, Gothic-style lettering appears at the top along with flourishes, and is also scattered throughout the text, as are words in forward-slanting italic writing.

    Celebrating Handwriting with the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: January 21, 2021
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Handwriting is a personal passion of mine, despite it having become something of a lost art. Today, when most people think of handwriting at all, it is as a greatly individual method of writing recognizable characters, regardless of the writing system, but in the past, when you could make a living as a scribe, there were highly standardized styles.

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  11. Historypin's Pinner of the Week is SueWalkerWhite.

    Link Love: 2/24/2012

    • Date: February 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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  13. From Plantations to Islands of Science: Travels in Costa Rica and Panama - Part II

    • Date: January 31, 2013
    • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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  15. Frank A. Taylor at home, c. 2005, by Lis Wackman, Capitol Hill History.

    Happy Birthday, Mr. Taylor!

    • Date: March 19, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Reminiscences of Frank A. Taylor, founding director of the National Museum of American History which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

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  17. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station and Tracks, 1882, Harpers Weekly, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-78090.

    Quidditch in Henry Park?

    • Date: April 3, 2014
    • Description: This coming weekend muggles from around the world will be participating in the International Quidditch Association’s World Cup; but did you know that this growing sport may have a Smithsonian connection?

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  19. Smithsonian employees hanging Christmas ornaments, 1977

    Tis the Season at the Smithsonian

    • Date: December 20, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: How the Smithsonian celebrated the holidays in 1977, and what traditions continue today!

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  21. Eat more corn, oats and rye products, 1917, by L. N. Britton, U. S. Food Administration, World War I Posters, Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-2975.

    Smithsonian Staff Work Together to Help During World War I

    • Date: July 22, 2014
    • Description: A look at the often forgotten people you can find in archives and what we can learn from them.

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  23. View of Record Unit 7399 – Hahn William Capps Papers, 1939-1964, Box 1, Folder Miscellaneous Larval Notes, Sketches, etc. (Unpublished).

    Miscellaneous Adventures: Unpublished Larval Notes and Sketches

    • Date: September 1, 2015
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures looks into unpublished larval notes and sketches.

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