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    1. Smithsonian employees hanging Christmas ornaments, 1977

      Tis the Season at the Smithsonian

      • Date: December 20, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: How the Smithsonian celebrated the holidays in 1977, and what traditions continue today!

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    3. Holiday card with Bentley photographs of snowflakes.

      Happy Holidays from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives!

      • Date: December 25, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1865–1931), a pioneer in microphotography, captured detailed images of thousands of individual snowflakes. His photography and publications advanced the scientific record of snow crystals and their many types. Five hundred of these photographs are part of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections. Looking for a fun activity for the whole

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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website

      • Date: April 3, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_392769,size=450,center]The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website.See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    7. Eden Orelove in the SIA cold vault, 2013

      Highlight from the Photo Cold Vault: Gelatin Dry Plate Negatives

      • Date: May 9, 2013
      • Description: Read a brief history of the gelatin dry plate negative and learn about the work being done at the Smithsonian Institution Archives to preserve this glass plate negative photographic format.

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    9. A woman adjusts a sewing machine in an exhibit case.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Doris M. Bowman

      • Date: January 13, 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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      Meet Sarah Stierch: The Archives’ Wikipedian in Residence

      • Date: March 28, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives hosts Sarah Stierch as Wikipedian-in-Residence for Spring 2012.

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    13. James T. Tanner's photographs of the ivory-billed woodpecker with guide

      Link Love: 5/11/2012

      • Date: May 11, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      National Museum of the American Indian

      • Date: April 14, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    17. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

      I.D. This! Parchment

      • Date: November 21, 2019
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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      Call for Entries! Women’s History Month

      • Date: March 2, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month, we invite you to submit your photo and story about how photography both shapes and reflects women’s lives and accomplishments. Starting on March 8th, International Women's Day, we will also be featuring photographs of women scientists on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. We hope that these photos of women scientists and our

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    21. Let it rain...

      • Date: April 21, 2010
      • Description: To honor the incredibly wild and wet weather we have lately endured and enjoyed in Washington, DC, I took a quick search through the online Smithsonian collections for waterfalls. I imagine the water is running quite high—in nature, not I hope in the archives—this time of year. Several collections stood out, including the views made by 19th century photographs for expeditions

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    23. Tojin ja-odori no zu / Chinese dragon dance, [between 1850-1900], Chadbourne Collection of Japanese Prints, Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-10363].

      Link Love: 6/23/2017

      • Date: June 23, 2017
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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