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  1. Removal of Orchestrion from Arts and Industries Building

    Sneak Peek 8/26/19

    • Date: August 26, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Removal of orchestrion from Arts and Industries Building after three years featured in the "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," April 10, 1979, by Rolfe Baggett, SIA RU000371, 79-4530-33.

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  3. Lynn Volpi Demonstrates

    Sneak Peek 9/10/2018

    • Date: September 10, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Lynn Volpi demonstrates "By-Word" wand sound system in a mineralogy exhibit at National Museum of Natural History, November 26, 1975, by Harry Neufeld, SIA RU000371, 75-16336-11.

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  5. Link Love: 12/18/2020

    • Date: December 18, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • 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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  7. Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, 12/4/2014

    And the award goes to...

    • Date: December 30, 2014
    • Creator: Anne Van Camp
    • Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in

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  9. At the Archives Star Wars Is

    • Date: December 17, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening tomorrow, here are some Star Wars related things from the Archives Collections.

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  11. Shooting a passenger pigeon flock; July 3, 1875; published in

    Martha, A Cold and Lonely Last Migration

    • Date: June 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: An overview of the history of Martha the passenger pigeon, the last of her species, who was donated to the National Museum of Natural History 100 years ago.

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  13. Blog Post

    It Pays to Be Free

    • Date: March 25, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Bus Seats, by Adam Gerard, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License"][/caption] I took a stroll at lunch today since it’s that time of year again when the magnolia trees bloom in the Smithsonian Castle’s Enid Haupt Garden. It’s important to catch it before a rain or a big breeze snatches

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  15. Taxidermists Prepare Specimens

    Sneak Peek 2/10/2014

    • Date: February 10, 2014
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Taxidermists Paul Rhymer, John Matthews, Ken Walker, Walter Sorrell, and Glenn Rankin prepare specimens for exhibit in Mammal Hall at the National Museum of Natural History.

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  17. Homeopathy exhibit showing its history, methods, and remedies, installed in the Hall of Health in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, in 1929.

    Sneak Peek 2/24/2020

    • Date: February 24, 2020
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Homeopathy exhibit showing its history, methods, and remedies, installed in the Hall of Health in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, in 1929, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 27049.

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    A New Look at the Smithsonian: Louise Hutchinson

    • Date: September 29, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Louise Hutchinson taught us about African American history in Washington, D.C., and in the Smithsonian itself.

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    See Here: 3/11/2010

    • Date: March 11, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="289" caption="Exhibit of Smithsonite, the mineral zinc carbonate, named in 1832 in honor of James Smithson, mineralogist and founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, 1958, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 16, Negative Number: 2002-12151. "][/caption]

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    See Here: 7/6/2010

    • Date: July 6, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="451" caption="Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927, with Charles W. Gilmore, Curator, standing near panels and dinosaur remains, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 46, Box 99, Folder 6, Negative Number:

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