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    Astronomy Telegraph System Transferred

    • Date: January 10, 1883

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    William Henry Holmes

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish]Born near Cadiz, Ohio, in the year the Smithsonian was founded, 1846, Holmes's life was intimately tied to the institution from the time he was twenty-five until his retirement in 1932 when he was 86.He began work as an artist drawing specimens for a number of naturalists in the employ of Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian

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    Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents

    • Date: March 9, 2011
    • Description: Information on the Board of Regents through the Smithsonian's history.

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  7. East Wing of Smithsonian Building to Become Henry Residence

    East Wing of Smithsonian Building to Become Henry Residence

    • Date: March 12, 1853

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  9. SI History Chronology

    Telephones Introduced in SIB

    • Date: June 12, 1878

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    Hodgkins Gift Received

    • Date: September 22, 1891

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    SI Wins Awards for Centennial Exhibits

    • Date: October 18, 1876

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  15. An advertisement for packaged air featured in Life Magazine, January 24, 1944.

    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.

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  17. SI History Chronology

    Miller Elected Chancellor Pro Tem

    • Date: March 27, 1888

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    Annual Schedule Set by Board of Regents

    • Date: January 21, 1885

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    Exchange System Permits Private Donations

    • Date: January 26, 1874

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    The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon

    • Date: July 4, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Happy Fourth of July! On Independence Day, flags are flown across the nation. The Smithsonian has many versions of the American flag in its collections, the best known being the Star Spangled Banner. But, do you know its history, and how it came to the Smithsonian? The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary

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