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    Mac Salad and Two Scoops Rice

    • Date: May 14, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the Archives takes a look back at the exhibition, "From Bentō to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai’i."

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  3. 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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    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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    The Wedding Story

    • Date: December 31, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24, 1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278439. "][/caption] When I read Laurie Lambrecht’s recent

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  9. File cabinets filled with film in old cold storage space at NMAH. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Moving Day

    • Date: January 21, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: In November, Smithsonian Institution Archives moved over 3 million photographic negatives to a new state of the art facility at the Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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    When Lucy Met Bill: A Smithsonian “Meet-Cute”

    • Date: February 13, 2020
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: He said, “Have a chocolate. They’re good for librarians.” I said, “I’m not a librarian. I’m an editor.”

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    The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon

    • Date: July 4, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Happy Fourth of July! On Independence Day, flags are flown across the nation. The Smithsonian has many versions of the American flag in its collections, the best known being the Star Spangled Banner. But, do you know its history, and how it came to the Smithsonian? The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary

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  15. A woman, Mary Jane Rathbun, sits at her desk looking at scientific specimens.

    Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century

    • Date: October 24, 2019
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: Learn more about some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.

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  17. You Spin Me Round - Frisbee Festivals on the Mall

    • Date: May 23, 2019
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Starting in 1977, the National Air and Space Museum, with assistance from the International Frisbee Association, Wham-O Manufacturing Company, volunteer instructors from several states, and the Washington Area Frisbee Club, held their first Frisbee Festival on the National Mall.

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  19. Portrait of Thomas William Smillie

    Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection

    • Date: July 14, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!

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    There will always be a photography

    • Date: July 14, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="303" caption="Photographer holding large folding camera, by unidentified photographer, c. 1935, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] Recently photography has said goodbye to two industry icons. Polaroid stopped production of its instant film, and Kodak announced that it is

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  23. Three staff members of the International Exchange Service are at work in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building. Note electric wiring is on the ceiling. Wrapped packages are piled on the tables in the center and along the wall. 

    The Smithsonian International Exchange Service in World War II

    • Date: July 16, 2020
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: While responding to a digitization request, I uncovered the story of how the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (1849-1992) helped rebuild the library collections of Chinese cultural heritage institutions during the Second World War.

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