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      Smithsonian Gardens

      • Date: September 4, 2018
      • Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,

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      SIA Acc. T90028, McClure, Floyd Alonzo 1897-1970, Floyd Alonzo McClure Papers, 1913-1970

      • Date: 1913 1913-1970
      • Creator: McClure, Floyd Alonzo, 1897-1970
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      An International Exploring Expedition

      • Date: April 4, 2017
      • Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international

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      SIA Acc. 21-054, National Museum of National History (U.S.), Website Records, 2019-2020

      • Date: 2019 2019-2020
      • Creator: National Museum of National History
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        Torch 11/1973

        • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1973 Box 1 Folder 11

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      • Mary Agnes Chase trips to Brazil, 1925-1930

        Mary Agnes Chase trips to Brazil, 1925-1930

        • Date: 1925-1930 1925 1930
        • Creator: Chase, Mary Agnes, 1869-1963

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        SIA Acc. 83-043, Knight, Harry H, Harry H. Knight Papers, 1910-1960

        • Date: 1910 1910-1960
        • Creator: Knight, Harry H.
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      • An advertisement for packaged air featured in Life Magazine, January 24, 1944.

        Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning

        • Date: June 20, 2017
        • Creator: Hillary Brady
        • Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.

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      • Kensington stone, Record Unit 95 - Photograph Collection, 1850s - , Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 38110a.

        Hot Topics in Archival Research

        • Date: June 10, 2014
        • Creator: Mary Markey
        • Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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        SIA Acc. 96-028, Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction, Project Files, 1985-1995

        • Date: 1985 1985-1995
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        SIA Acc. 84-110, McClure, Floyd Alonzo 1897-1970, Floyd Alonzo McClure Papers, 1966

        • Date: 1966
        • Creator: McClure, Floyd Alonzo, 1897-1970
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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