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    1. 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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    3. The indenture during the local humidification and flattening stage. The portion featuring the seals has become completely detached. Photo courtesy of William Bennett.

      Breach of Contract: Repairing the Walcott Indenture

      • Date: March 17, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: See how we preserved a recent arrival to the Archives.

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      A Surprise from Th Jefferson

      • Date: January 6, 2011
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="221" caption="At the turn of the century, visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance, c. 1900, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 8, Negative Number:

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    7. George Sarton

      Science Service, Up Close: George Sarton, Watson Davis, and “Panache”

      • Date: June 23, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: For historians of science, the name “Sarton” resonates like a deep-throated bell. Isis, the international journal that chemist and mathematician George Sarton (1884-1956) founded in Belgium in 1913, is now the premier publication of the History of Science Society. The field he envisioned is flourishing as well as continually responding to changes in science and its social

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      Freaks and Geeks

      • Date: May 12, 2010
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: In the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we each have our favorite stories that are told through materials in our collections. Several times a year we might give "treasures shows" for interns or special visitors, and we pluck items that highlight moments and people in the Institution's history. We pull out a draft of James Smithson's will, letters from the Wright brothers,

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      A Ghost in the Archives: Robert Kennicott

      • Date: October 27, 2016
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: A spooky coincidence leads to a forgotten Robert Kennicott document in the Smithsonian Archives.

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    13. A group of men and women surround a table in a glass-walled room, listening to a man in a blue shirt describe a parchment document visible on the table in front of him.

      A Tale of Three Contracts

      • Date: September 5, 2019
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: An exciting new accession sheds light on James Smithson’s family history and fortune.

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      ‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary

      • Date: September 23, 2021
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.

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