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  1. Two-page spread of a booklet containing broadcast information for “The World Is Yours” and a history of Thomas Davenport. A black and white drawing of a track with a motor appears at the top middle of the right-hand page.

    The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors

    • Date: November 17, 2020
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they

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  3. Two women stand near a poster for Black Gold. The woman on the left is pointing toward the poster.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marquette Folley

    • Date: February 16, 2022
    • 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. Hispanic Heritage Month, postcard.

    Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

    • Date: September 17, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2013 at the Smithsonian!

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mercedes López-Morales

    • Date: December 5, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Mercedes López-Morales has been an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics since 2012. She researches the detection and characterization of exoplanet atmospheres and serves as a leader on multiple international projects. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Kimberly Camp

    • Date: August 21, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Kimberly Camp, Founding Director, Smithsonian Experimental Gallery, 1989-94, managed the opening of eighteen exhibitions focused on experimentation in presentation, design, and interpretation in the Arts and Industries Building. Camp is also a professional artist. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Marquis smiles at the camera. She is wearing a white turtleneck and heart-shaped earrings.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anne-Louise Marquis

    • Date: June 22, 2022
    • 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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  13. Program for Entertainment onboard S.S. Republic, October 10, 1925. Record Unit 7091: Science Service, Records, c. 1910-1963, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image no. SIA2015-007141.

    Science Service, Up Close: Watson Comes Home

    • Date: October 6, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: After successfully completing his 1925 European business trip, 29-year-old Watson Davis headed home on the S.S. Republic, boarding at Cherbourg, France, on October 2. The science journalist had covered the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and discussed with Sir Richard Gregory (Editor of the journal Nature) the plausibility of

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Audrey B. Davis

    • Date: November 7, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Audrey B. Davis, Curator of Medical Sciences, National Museum of American History, 1967-1993, led the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council and authored Medicine and Its Technology among other works. #Groundbreaker

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  17. A woman sits at a desk and holds up photographs of Native Americans. She is wearing white gloves. Archival boxes are in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Paula Richardson Fleming

    • Date: November 27, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Paula Richardson Fleming, Photo Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1970–2003, organized exhibitions, authored numerous publications on Native American photography, and lectured around the world. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary A. Huffer

    • Date: January 22, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary A. Huffer led Smithsonian Libraries as Acting Director, 1964–67, and Assistant Director, 1968–72. During her tenure, she welcomed automation for cataloging and purchasing in the newly-formed central library system. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Link Love: 11/27/2020

    • Date: November 27, 2020
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  23. Link Love: 04/16/2021

    • Date: April 16, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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