Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
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Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 2!
- Date: March 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Reproductive biologist Janine Brown now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Join us Saturday, March 19th, to help write more women into history! Reproductive biologist Janine Brown now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.
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OMG! That’s My Dress: Prom Night Edition
- Date: May 6, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Graduating class from The Calverton School, Huntingtown, Maryland, by unidentified photographer, 1977, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Archives Center"][/caption] "It’s kind of a bummer when you look so beautiful and somebody has the same exact one as you," says a high school senior quoted in a recent
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For It's One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out...
- Date: July 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="237" caption="This is America...Keep it Free!, Dorothea Lange, 1942, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] More cameras in more places. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the installation of red light cameras and the controversy surrounding their use that’s continuing to spread
Robert Ridgway: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
- Date: April 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Robert Ridgway, known primarily for his extensive contributions to ornithology and as curator of birds for the United States National Museum, was also a keen observer of the changing landscape in areas where he conducted his detailed studies.
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Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 1!
- Date: March 9, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Herpetologist Doris Mabel Cochran and caleopterist Doris Holmes Blake now have Wikipedia pages thanks to our volunteers. Join us Saturday, March 19th, to help write more women into history! Learn how Wikipedia volunteers are helping to write notable women into history.
Women in Science Wednesday: Dorothy Annie Elizabeth ("Daisy") Garrod
- Date: August 7, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Women in Science Wednesday: Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen
- Date: March 26, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Women in Science Wednesday: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Brown
- Date: July 10, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Women in Science Wednesday: Margaret Holden Jones Kaanar, M.D.
- Date: October 23, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.
Women in Science Wednesday: Marie Agnes Hinrichs, Ph.D. and M.D.
- Date: July 31, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
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click! photography changes everything: FINAL CALL FOR ENTRY
- Date: November 19, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3281" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Encouraging Curiosity for Man and Animal, Photograph courtesy of Zac Henderson."][/caption] About a year ago, we asked you to reflect on the ways photography has changed your life. We heard from Ellen Hyatt, an English teacher in South Carolina, who uses photographs to inspire her student’s creative writing
Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning
- Date: June 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.