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  1. Summer Wind to Ban-y-Bryn

    • Date: July 25, 2013
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: This blog piece is about summer weather in Washington, DC, the Alice Pike Barney collections here at SIA, and the Barney’s “summer cottage” in Bar Harbor, ME, “Ban-y-Bryn.”

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  3. Scan of a black and white forest fire prevention poster featuring the head of Smokey the Bear

    Bearly Survived to become an Icon

    • Date: May 27, 2010
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: Some of you may recall the symbol of the United States Forest Service fire prevention program, Smokey Bear. Perhaps I am dating myself, however I distinctly recall posters and television commercials between Saturday morning cartoons depicting the almost human looking bear wearing his park ranger hat and blue jeans, with shovel in one hand and stern finger pointed with the

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  5. Viewing the Past, Through Modern Eyes

    • Date: July 10, 2012
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A publication by Li Ju, a Chinese freelance photographer, retraces the steps of the Clark Expedition, and includes modern images of the sites photographed during the Clark Expedition.

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    Posing a Thoughtful Question….and Answers (Action, Direction)

    • Date: December 17, 2019
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: Excited to research at the Archives, but don’t know where to start? Below are a few tips about details you should include in your inquiry that will help us help you.

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  9. Image of a machine with a large, bulky computer screen.

    Microfilm Reels in the 21st Century

    • Date: June 20, 2019
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of SIA’s microfilm collections.

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  11. Thomas R. Henry Press Pass, Record Unit 7347: Thomas R. Henry Papers, 1933-1967, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Thomas R. Henry: Soldier, Explorer, Scientist, Journalist

    • Date: November 6, 2014
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Thomas R. Henry, who served in WWI, was a War Correspondent in the field during WWII, participated in the “Operation High Jump” exploration of Antarctica (1946-1947,) served the Smithsonian as a press writer, and The Washington Evening Star as a science writer.

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  13. Dr. Clifford Evans and Dr. Betty J. Meggers, anthropologists at Museum of Natural History, 1968.

    Betty J. Meggers: Pioneer in Environmental Archaeology

    • Date: March 7, 2017
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: The life of Betty J. Meggers, an Anthropologist, who speciailized in pottery identification, conducted extensive field work in Amazon Rainforest region of South America, and was associated with the Smithsonian for more than five decades.

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    Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers

    • Date: March 24, 2016
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.

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  17. Berlandier Fish (Pimelodus maculatus), Record Unit 7052 - Jean Louis Berlandier Papers, Box 12, Folder 14, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Jean Louis Berlandier: The Path from Geneva to Mexico

    • Date: June 5, 2014
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief narrative on Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, and one of the first scientists to observe, collect , and document the natural history specimens of southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

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