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        Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

        • Date: January 28, 2020
        • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
        • Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

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        Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers

        • Date: April 19, 2018
        • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
        • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is

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        Can Buildings Stack Up to the Images Made of Them?

        • Date: November 18, 2009
        • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
        • Description: [caption id="attachment_3043" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photograph of the Ames Monument, Wyoming, courtesy Phil Patton."][/caption] Looking at an illustrated real estate listing or brochure, have you ever been mesmerized by a wide angle and luxurious photograph of what you suspect is, in fact, a tiny studio apartment? Have you ever had the experience where all

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        SIA2009-0838

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          Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute

          • Date: October 9, 2018
          • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
          • Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the

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          Link Love: 7/30/2010

          • Date: July 30, 2010
          • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
          • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Portrait of a City Marshal by Barr & Wright, 1870-1880, National Museum of American History, Catalog number 77.43.1678."][/caption] Help the Smithsonian ID a Houston city marshal from the 1870s in the picture on the right. The extremely flammable nitrocellulose film used before 1951 led to an estimated 80 percent of silent

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          Link Love: 6/25/2010

          • Date: June 25, 2010
          • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
          • Description: [caption id="attachment_7220" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Reflections, 1978, by Werner Drewes, Color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.39 (left); and Quilt Pattern inspired by Drewes' woodcut and generated by the V&A's Patchwork Pattern Maker (right)."][/caption] Wow—the possibilities are endless. The Victoria & Albert Museum

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        • Gone in a Flash

          • Date: February 9, 2021
          • Description: The end of Adobe Flash Player support means challenges in preserving older websites and online games.

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          SIA2009-2067

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            SIA2009-0492

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              SIA2008-5016

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