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  1. Rocket Row, Arts and Industries Building

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

    • Date: June 9, 2016
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: A before-and-after look at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Mall.

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    Link Love: 8/27/2010

    • Date: August 27, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="167" caption="The Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1505, by Leonardo da Vinci, Oil on poplar, The Louvre Museum."][/caption] Scientists have discovered the secret behind Mona Lisa’s beguiling smile by using x-ray technology [via More Intelligent Life]. And while we're at it, scientists use UV light to reveal how awesomely gaudy the colors of

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    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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  7. Six women pose for a photograph. The photo is dated 8-31-30. The names of the women are written in cursive below the photo.The include: Louise A. Rosenbusch, Louise Pearson, Narcissus Smith, Helen A. Olmsted, Nellie Smith, and Margaret W. Moodey.

    Depression-Era Pen Pals: A Correspondence Between Two Hard-Working Women

    • Date: January 7, 2020
    • Description: Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared experiences as working women in the Great Depression. Together, they helped improve a publication that does not bear their names: the Smithsonian Scientific Series.

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    See Here: 12/1/2017

    • Date: December 1, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    See Here: 10/20/2017

    • Date: October 20, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    See Here: 3/30/2018

    • Date: March 30, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."

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    Designed for Change: The Experimental Gallery, 1991-1994

    • Date: July 5, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: For a period of time in the early 1990s, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building played host to an experimental exhibition gallery space.

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  17. Link Love: 9/4/2020

    • Date: September 4, 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.

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    See Here: 7/27/2018

    • Date: July 27, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."

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    See Here: 5/11/2018

    • Date: May 11, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."

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    The Arctic Adventures of Neal Griffith Smith

    • Date: December 21, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Today is the first day of winter. Not ready for the cold weather? It could always be worse. Ornithologist (and future tropical biologist) Neal Griffith Smith once wrote in his journal:"Still pensil [sic]. Well, I've got time and temperature to write. Just sharpened the pensil with a snow knife. We are parked smack in the middle of Southampton [Island] in a bloody windstorm. It

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