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    Found in the Archives: The Trail of a Naturalist Pirate

    • Date: September 19, 2017
    • Creator: Jessica Lavin
    • Description: Barbeque. Doughboy. Free trade. Pumple-nose. Smugglers. Cortan. Crockadore. Chopsticks. William Dampier, the 17th century explorer turned privateer/pirate, is credited with introducing these words, and more than 1,000 others, into the English vernacular. He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe three times, and created the first detailed record of Australian Flora

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  3. A man and woman move trays in a laboratory. The woman is closer to the camera and it’s clear that the tray holds insect specimens.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sally Ann Brady

    • Date: March 30, 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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    So, What is it?

    • Date: June 21, 2016
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: In the process of scanning glass plate negatives, how do we determine what each image is when it comes with so little information attached?

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  7. George McBryde, Museum Aide in the Division of Cultural History.

    The Long Journey to Scientific Aide: Barry Hampton’s Career

    • Date: February 16, 2017
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Barry Hampton played an important role in Division of Reptiles and Amphibians in the Natural History Museum for decades, but recognition was slow to come.

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    Calling all Flashlights!

    • Date: September 22, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2093" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="R•I•T Big Shot No. 1, HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, Rochester, New York USA, produced by The Highland Hospital, The RIT Biomedical Photographic Communications Dept., Other Students, Faculty & Friends of RIT Photography, December 4, 1987."][/caption] In December of 1987, professors William DuBois and Michael Peres of

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  11. A woman holds up a book in a room where books are displayed on shelves in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Caroline Newman

    • Date: October 23, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Caroline Newman, Executive Editor, Smithsonian Press, 1989–2008, brought many popular Smithsonian titles into publication. She also managed relationships with outside publishers seeking partnerships with the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

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    Here Comes the Revolution?

    • Date: September 11, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2262" align="aligncenter" width="186" caption="Frankenstein by MARX!, by Flickr user TCM Hitchhiker."][/caption] For all the talk about creative seeing and the art of photography, the technical parameters of picture-taking and making have, for the most part, been defined by manufacturers of camera and photographic supplies. That wasn’t always the case;

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    Please Mr. Postman

    • Date: February 16, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Temperance Parade, Church of the Nazarene, Medora, Illinois, photographer unknown, real-photo postcard, 1908, Courtesy of Luc Sante, 2009."][/caption] One of the thrills of seeing—when you stop to pay attention to it—is how complex and quickly the process of looking and making sense of what we see happens. According to

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  17. Message sent by Alfred Vail and transcribed by Samuel Morse.

    A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse

    • Date: May 24, 2011
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. HAPPY THANKSGIVING from the SI Archives!

    Happy Thanksgiving ! ! !

    • Date: November 28, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Happy Thanksgiving from the Smithsonian Institution Archives!

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    The National Park that Never Was

    • Date: August 25, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.

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    Link Love: 12/26/2014

    • Date: December 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A find for early animation - Archivists at Norway's National Library discovered a missing animation film, Empty Socks, about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a Disney precursor to Mickey Mouse. [via The National Library of Norway]A fascinating look at the workshop of Kenji Yamaguchi, a National Geographic employee who builds camera contraptions for their photographers. [via Proof,

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