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    If a huge mass of garbage falls in the ocean and no one sees it, does it exist?

    • Date: May 22, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: The first thing that I thought of when we started discussing our new call for entry, "seeing other worlds," was Google Earth. When Google Earth first came out in 2004, I remember the novelty of being able to zoom into my hometown to point out details to college friends, and having them pan across their own homes and favorite travel spots. We could travel across the globe

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Shireen L. Dodson

    • Date: February 13, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Shireen L. Dodson worked as Comptroller for the Smithsonian Institution (1986–1992), Associate Director for Administration and Planning at the National African-American Museum Project (1992–1995), and Associate Director for Administration at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture (1995–2000). #Groundbreaker

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  5. -ray of the skull of Science Service astronomy editor James Stokley

    Science Service, Up Close: Covering Eclipses, Near and Far

    • Date: August 15, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Spectacular natural events, like eclipses, have long been the bread-and-butter of science journalism. Science Service, too, succumbed to the lure of combining colorful, firsthand descriptions with technical explanations.

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  7. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette

    • Date: June 24, 2020
    • 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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  9. Manjula Kumar standing in front of a sculpture of Ganesha, the Hindu symbol of good fortune.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Manjula Kumar

    • Date: March 25, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Manjula Kumar was a Project Manager and Project Director in various offices around the Smithsonian, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service and the Center for Education and Museum Studies, between 1985 and 2015. She organized multicultural programming and directed the award process for proposals submitted to the Educational Outreach

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sharon Reinckens

    • Date: September 4, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Sharon Reinckens, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, has served as Acting Director, Senior Designer, and Supervisory Visual Information Specialist at the museum, 1980–present. Reinckens also produced award-winning documentaries about African American artists in Washington D.C for the museum. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Close-up photograph of Peggy A. Loar.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Peggy A. Loar

    • Date: April 14, 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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Grace Potter

    • Date: June 19, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary Grace Potter, founding director of the Visitor Information and Associates’ Reception Center, 1971–2000, established and led the unit responsible for providing information to Smithsonian members and the public by mail, telephone, and in person. In 1978, Potter won the first annual Robert A. Brooks Award for Excellence in Administration. #Groundbreaker

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  17. Digital contact sheet that includes photographs of Betty J. Morgan.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty J. Morgan

    • Date: March 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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    Collaboration’s Value in the Pursuit of Science and Peace

    • Date: September 19, 2019
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Advancing peace requires a strong, wide, and active network.

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  21. Chief Joseph, by Edward Curtis, 1903 (printed 1980), orotone, National Portrait Gallery, NPG 80.325.

    November is Native American Heritage Month

    • Date: November 5, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Please join the Smithsonian and institutions around the country as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November!

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  23. Link Love: 4/3/2020

    • Date: April 3, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • 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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