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  1. Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    • Date: October 5, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher (left), contributor to the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was one of the 1st female ethnologists, a founding member of the American Anthropological Association, and the 1st female president of the American Folklore Society. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Portrait of Cipalla. She is wearing a blazer and button down.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Rita C. Cipalla

    • Date: December 29, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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  5. B&W photoshopped image of creators heads on figures wearing graduation gowns and hats

    Link Love: 12/22/2017

    • Date: December 22, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The 2018 public domain graduates, including Aleister Crowley, René Magritte, Alice B. Toklas, Pierre Bonnard, and Winston Churchill! [via Public Domain Review]The history of dealing with lack of light in Scandanavia, and Happy Solstice! [via Mosaic Science]Aww, baby pictures of the internet from 1973! [via Open Culture]Close-ups of Jupiter from NASA look like impressionist

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    Let us know what you think about the new Smithsonian Commons

    • Date: July 13, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7367" align="aligncenter" width="417" caption="Slide from Mike Edson, the Smithsonian's head of Web and New Media Strategy, Slideshare presentation on the Smithsonian Commons."][/caption] Just recently, the Smithsonian released a prototype of the Smithsonian Commons—a new part of the digital plan at the Smithsonian that aims to stimulate “learning,

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    Field Book Project Highlights Scientific Exploration with New Flickr Commons Photos

    • Date: November 17, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Dr. Patricia Gossel, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Patricia Gossel

    • Date: November 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Patricia Gossel, chairman of the Science, Medicine and Society Division, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, established the history of biology collection at the museum, studied the history of the contraceptive pill, and published more than two dozen scholarly articles before her death. #Groundbreaker

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    Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial

    • Date: August 10, 2020
    • Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.

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    Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”

    • Date: July 4, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your

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    Heart of Glass

    • Date: October 5, 2017
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: Since our move to Smithsonian Institution Support Center, in the fall of 2015, the Archives have been able to work on longer-term projects using the photographic negatives stored in our cold storage vault. One of these projects is systematically scanning the collection of glass plate negatives from the United States National Museum, Division of Graphic Arts Photograph

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  19. Hypsometer sketch featured in a book.

    Joseph Henry Hypes Hypsometers

    • Date: October 29, 2019
    • Description: Although initially skeptical about the effectiveness of the hypsometer, Secretary Joseph Henry soon recognized the value of the instrument, which he discovered from his colleagues in the scientific field.

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  21. Smithsonian Institution flag football team versus Howard University Hospital, 1980.

    Welcome to Smithsonian Football!

    • Date: February 7, 2017
    • Creator: Patrick Milhoan
    • Description: A brief history of the Smithsonian staff flag football team.

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  23. Sophie G. Lutterlough c. 2008, photographer unknown, www.tributes.com.

    “It Won’t Be Easy to Leave after 40 Years”: Sophie Lutterlough’s Career at the National Museum of Natural History

    • Date: February 16, 2016
    • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Sophie Lutterlough to the National Museum of Natural History.

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