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  1. Eat more corn, oats and rye products, 1917, by L. N. Britton, U. S. Food Administration, World War I Posters, Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-2975.

    Smithsonian Staff Work Together to Help During World War I

    • Date: July 22, 2014
    • Description: A look at the often forgotten people you can find in archives and what we can learn from them.

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  3. Dog Days at the Zoo, Part I

    • Date: September 11, 2012
    • Description: Though often overlooked, dogs played a featured role in the early history of the National Zoological Park.

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    The Smithsonian Castle: Tragic Death, a Mystery, and Strange Occurrences

    • Date: March 29, 2016
    • Description: On this day in 1850, a young man was killed in the Castle, the first of four deaths to occur within its walls. William H. Page was working in the building, which was still under construction at the time, when he fell to his death.

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  7. Black and white photograph of a baby two-toed sloth in a basket holding the finger of its caretaker.

    A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian

    • Date: October 20, 2020
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.

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  9. Videohistory interview at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1990.

    Born Digital - Video Recording in the 21st Century

    • Date: October 5, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Resurrection City, National Mall, Washington, DC, 1968.

    The Smithsonian and the Poor People's Campaign

    • Date: January 17, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian served as neighbor to the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 and still tells its story almost 50 years later.

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  13. A Strange Thing Happened To Me On My Way to the Ground

    • Date: June 19, 2012
    • Description: Snow and its flakes: appreciated by some and despised by others, dreaded and welcomed at the same time, here today and gone tomorrow; such would not be the case for one particular snowflake, thanks Wilson Bentley.

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  15. Frank A. Taylor at home, c. 2005, by Lis Wackman, Capitol Hill History.

    Happy Birthday, Mr. Taylor!

    • Date: March 19, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Reminiscences of Frank A. Taylor, founding director of the National Museum of American History which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

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    Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

    • Date: January 28, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

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  19. A man points to a bent bolt attached to a metal support.

    The Day the Earth Did Not Stand Still

    • Date: August 19, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Where were you when the central Virginia 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck?

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    We Don't Know about You, But We’re Feeling (20)22

    • Date: December 30, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Despite another year of telework and limited physical access to our collections, the Smithsonian Institution Archives has continued to serve our researchers and share more of our collections with the public.

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    From Wright Memorial to Museum for the Space Age

    • Date: November 2, 2017
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14760,size=200,left] On July 1, 2016, the current National Air and Space Museum (NASM) building, covered with a Tenessee pink marble façade and recessed glass bays, celebrated its 40th anniversary. For this, NASM reopened its central exhibition, the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, and hosted various events including greetings from Mars and from

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