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  1. Board of Regents minutes - First Annual Meeting, by Lisa Fthenakis, 2014, Record Unit 1 - Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Minutes, 1846- , Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Telegraphs, Controversy, and the Board of Regents

    • Date: December 11, 2014
    • Description: Board of Regents minutes might not sound exciting, but they have plenty of drama: including mudslinging over the telegraph’s invention.

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  3. Summer In The City

    • Date: June 27, 2017
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: A before-and-after look at the the entrances and rotundas around the Smithsonian.

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  5. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

    Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

    • Date: November 24, 2020
    • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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  7. Stratosphere on the Street in Washington D.C., April 15, 1936, by Ruel P. Tolman, Record Unit 7433 - Ruel P. Tolman Collection, 1909-1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2011-2366 or 32233-3.

    A Mysterious Sphere

    • Date: July 24, 2014
    • Description: Can you help identify this exploration vessel and what it’s doing on the streets of Washington?

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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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  11. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

    The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

    • Date: August 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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    Do you remember . . . ?

    • Date: August 26, 2010
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. A poem about

    New Field Book Images on Flickr Commons

    • Date: December 6, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Check out our latest set of images from our Field Book Project on the Flickr Commons.

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    Smithsonian Volunteers: Thanks for the Time and Talent!

    • Date: April 6, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: In celebration of over a century of volunteer contributions at the Smithsonian, explore the work of some stellar volunteers from our collection.

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  19. The ceremonial key received by Secretary Skorton.

    Welcome Secretary Skorton!

    • Date: October 20, 2015
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.

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  21. The David Crockett Graham Field Book Collection: A Portal for Chinese Culture and Biodiversity

    • Date: June 21, 2012
    • Description: A closer look into the life and work of biologist, anthropologist and missionary David Crockett Graham.

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  23. A woman holds open a book in the reading room.

    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: August 15, 2019
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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