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      See Here: 4/9/2010

      • Date: April 9, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362" caption="Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) sits at a table in the Hollywood Playhouse. She is best remembered for her efforts to transform Washington, D.C. into the nation's cultural capital during the first quarter of the twentieth century, 1927, by Paralta Studio, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession

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      Smithsonian Snow Days

      • Date: March 14, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: Snow—not just found in the Archives this season! After a seemingly mild winter, the East Coast is bracing for some serious snowfall. While the Smithsonian shovels out, let’s take a look back at photos of historic Washington D.C. storms from our collection.

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    5. DArcInfo (Digital Archive Information System) provides details about the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ born-digital collections. img src: 202005_DArcinfo.jpg

      The Work Continues While We Are Away

      • Date: May 21, 2020
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Smithsonian archivists are reviewing challenges with sharing born-digital collections.

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    7. Specimen card from the Presidential Cruise of 1938.

      The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 8, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few

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    9. Two men and one woman stand in a room.

      Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution

      • Date: August 6, 2019
      • Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.

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    11. Flyer with a sketch of a Kwanzaa table, a list of symbols, and a list of the seven principles.

      Celebrating Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: December 5, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: One of the ways the Anacostia Community Museum has served its community is through celebrations and educational programming about Kwanzaa.

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      Hot Topics at the Smithsonian Institution Archives

      • Date: October 2, 2012
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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      "Roughing" It

      • Date: June 9, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Having grown up in a major U.S. city with a family that considered spending a week in a grass hut camping, I committed to giving my daughter more exposure to the great outdoors with all the wonderful state and national parks near Washington D.C. However, lack of sleep and rehydrated food was not what I had in mind.Throughout history, Smithsonian researchers have conducted

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      See Here: 4/7/2010

      • Date: April 7, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Rasmussen (left) and his two Inuit campanions, Arnarulunguak and Miteq, visit Washington, D.C. Born in Greenland of a Danish missionary father and an Inuit mother, Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, 1879-1933, was a Danish arctic explorer and ethnologist, 1924, by Leo Hansen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution

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      See Here: 8/23/2010

      • Date: August 23, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="Fabrics of the Future Exhibit installed in a display window at the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, G and 12th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C, The exhibit featured such synthetic fabrics as nylon and rayon, c. 1938-1939, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit

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      “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

      • Date: July 5, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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    23. Sepia toned image of African American woman posed and seated in chair.

      Link Love: 4/7/2017

      • Date: April 7, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved

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