Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs
- Date: August 18, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.
Happy Independence Day!
- Date: July 4, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: We're wishing you a safe, happy Independence Day from all of us at the Archives.
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Science Service, Up Close: Telephone Books, Wax Turkeys, and Talking Chickens
- Date: March 8, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Exhibits, Margaret Jane Russell Roller (1888-1973) had begun to specialize in fabricating lifelike wax models of food and animals.
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See Here: 8/30/2013
- Date: August 30, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Marchers in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, 1963 March on Washington by Jim Wallace.
Link Love: 10/30/2020
- Date: October 30, 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.
Happy Holidays from the Archives!
- Date: December 25, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Wishing you the best in the coming year. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Archives!
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You Asked, We Answered: Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 7, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Sneak Peek 3/23/2020
- Date: March 23, 2020
- Description: National Zoological Park keeper holds an echidna, also known as a spiny anteater, 1903, by E.F. Keller, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B46_F02_013.
Happy Thanksgiving from the Archives!
- Date: November 27, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Happy Thanksgiving from the Archives!
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ruth O. Selig
- Date: February 12, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
Link Love: 11/6/2020
- Date: November 6, 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.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters
- Date: September 10, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.