Results for "Postcards"
The Mystery of the Undated Postcards
- Date: July 23, 2013
- Description: Revamping our online postcard exhibit poses the challenge of dating unused postcards. Here’s how I have hunted down clues to solve the mystery!
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Postcards on the Edge
- Date: February 18, 2010
- Description: One of the largest collections of real photo postcards at the Smithsonian can be found in the conveniently titled “post card collection” in the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Madagascar - Le bel album venu de France, c. 1905, by Unknown photograher, Postcard, National Museum of African Art,
New Year, New Postcard Exhibit
- Date: January 28, 2014
- Description: For the new year our “Greetings from the Smithsonian” postcard exhibit has a new look and updated content!
Greetings From Anywhere
- Date: May 3, 2012
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: In honor of National Postcard Week May 6–12, 2012, explore postcards from the Archives and the Smithsonian’s collections.
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The Smithsonian's First Photographer
- Date: May 14, 2009
- Description: Vernacular photography is the latest type of photography to be discovered by museums. Postcards, collected by Walker Evans (but still, postcards), have just been exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a tintype exhibition just closed at the International Center of Photography in New York, another exhibit of snapshots was seen at the National Gallery of Art.
Wish you (or your image) were here
- Date: August 7, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Drop us a line!
- Date: July 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: We’re getting into the middle of the summer months and many of us have vacation or travel planned. Whether you’re hopping across the globe, or planning a “staycation” at home, take a trip virtually by browsing through some of the delightful postcards in the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Please Mr. Postman
- Date: February 16, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Temperance Parade, Church of the Nazarene, Medora, Illinois, photographer unknown, real-photo postcard, 1908, Courtesy of Luc Sante, 2009."][/caption] One of the thrills of seeing—when you stop to pay attention to it—is how complex and quickly the process of looking and making sense of what we see happens. According to
Link Love: 7/1/2016
- Date: July 1, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
- Date: September 17, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2013 at the Smithsonian!
Link Love: 4/28/2017
- Date: April 28, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Very early "big data" tracking mortality rates in 17th-century London. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Mellon Foundation has funded an $887,000 project to develop community-driven archives! [via Info Docket]See what questions archivists across the country answered yesterday for #AskAnArchivist. [via SAA]What album would you be....if you could preserve yourself in a vinyl record.
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Teachers’ Night 2012
- Date: October 9, 2012
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives helps celebrate education at Teachers’ Night 2012.