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    1. Hot Topics: Edible Seaweed and Passenger Pigeons

      • Date: April 9, 2013
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: A quarterly overview of research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    3. A duplicate of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, on display at the Smithsonian in 1972

      So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?

      • Date: July 16, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?

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    5. Promotional black and white photograph of The Beatles, c. 1964, as seen in even, non-raking visible light. Courtesy of E. Keats Webb, Museum Conservation Institute. Accession 2014.02 - Harry Lynn Collection, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.

      But all I've got is a photograph . . . or an autograph?

      • Date: April 29, 2014
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Watch how we make invisible Beatles’ autographs visible with Reflectance Transform Imaging, a technique for forensic document examination.

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      Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

      • Date: November 22, 2016
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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      Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

      • Date: November 22, 2016
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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      Here's Looking at You, Closer . . . Photography and Radiology

      • Date: April 10, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Photo of William F. Mack, Roentgenologist, by Margrethe Mather, 1922, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications"][/caption] Just how closely do radiologists look at what they’re supposed to be analyzing? Would knowing whose CT scans they were studying make

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    13. Faded color map of the United States as it was in 1839.

      Pursuing Knowledge in Unfamiliar Country

      • Date: November 15, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: In mid-19th century America, some believed that world-class discoveries came exclusively from Europe. But early Smithsonian leaders had a sense of urgency to disseminate an authoritative body of knowledge, pursue further discoveries, and provide a deeper understanding to the public at a time when American society was changing.

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      From a Humble Beginning: The Smithsonian’s first Internet Domain

      • Date: September 17, 2015
      • Description: The origins of the Smithsonian’s internet domain or address.

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    17. This image is found in Record Unit 74 - National Zoological Park, Records, 1887-1966 - Box 287, Smithsonian Institution Archives. The photograph was taken by Harris-Ewing photography services. The Library of Congress contains the Harris-Ewing Collection, but neither the librarians nor I have been able to find the original among the collection’s 50,000 entries.

      Sounding the Old Wolf-Cry

      • Date: November 14, 2013
      • Description: While researching my last blog post on the "mad wolf" who escaped from the National Zoo, I came across an old black-and-white photograph in the Smithsonian Institution Archives that caught my eye. The image is grainy, but appears to show a man and a wolf, separated by a chain-link fence, holding each other's rapt attention while the man operates some sort of recorder. Unable

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    19. S. Dillon Ripley in pram with dog, c. 1914, photographer unknown, photographic print, Accession 93-105 - S. Dillon Ripley Papers, 1950-1989, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2013-10944.

      Happy 100th Birthday, S. Dillon Ripley

      • Date: September 20, 2013
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Celebrate the life of the eighth Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, who was born on September 20, 1913, 100 years ago today!

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    21. Secretary Adams: A Fascination with Fieldwork

      • Date: September 13, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Learn more about Secretary Robert Adams through his oral histories, which are newly available for research.

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