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  1. Cover of the supplementary material for March of Science, an episode of the radio program The World is Yours, issued January 15, 1940.

    The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio

    • Date: June 8, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.

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  3. Portrait of George Tsaroff at age 15

    Spotlight: George Tsaroff

    • Date: September 30, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: This blog post was edited in October 2021 for clarification. While surveying and collecting specimens in the Aleutian Islands in 1871-1872 for the United States Coast Survey, later renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, naturalist William Healey Dall befriended George Tsaroff (1858-1880), an Unangan (Aleut) teen from Unalaska Island who had been hired as local

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  5. An illustration of the Children’s Room in the Smithsonian Castle. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1901. Smithsonian Libraries.

    Knowledge Begins in Wonder: The Design Behind the Smithsonian Children’s Room

    • Date: March 1, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The history of the Smithsonian’s Children’s Room, a project led by Smithsonian Secretary Langley and famous interior designer Grace Lincoln Temple.

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    See Here: 11/26/2009

    • Date: November 26, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Roof of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) and Buildings of the City of Washington, D.C., c. 1920s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 562, Box 1, Negative Number:2003-19563. "][/caption]

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    See Here: 2/11/2010

    • Date: February 11, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="Exhibit of two giraffes and other animals from Africa. The exhibit is in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, 1959, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 4, Negative Number: MNH-429."][/caption]

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    See Here: 11/12/2010

    • Date: November 12, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A painting from the exhibition "Centennial Exhibition of Painting by Edmund C. Tarbell" hangs in the Foyer Gallery of the Natural History Building, 1962, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives,Negative Number: MNH-920-A. Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 19, "][/caption]

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    See Here: 3/14/2011

    • Date: March 14, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="On the National Mall In front of the National Museum of Natural History, school children sit on the grass having their lunch, 1950, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 28 Folder 44, Negative Number: SIA2009-2125."][/caption]

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  15. Black and white portrait of a man.

    Robert Kennicott and the Western Union Telegraph Expedition

    • Date: September 21, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14715,size=250,left] By now you have probably heard of Robert Kennicott, either because of his involvement with the Megatherium Club, or because of the article and blog post on his death that was published last year. I, however, tend to associate him with the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, a collecting mission to Alaska that proved to be his last.

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  17. Portrait photograph of a woman, holding one hand to her chin.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna R. Cohn

    • Date: April 3, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Anna R. Cohn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1988–2014, toured groundbreaking exhibitions across the United States. She joined the Smithsonian in 1983 as director of the international exhibition “The Precious Legacy” and later organized “Generations” for the S. Dillon Ripley Center’s International Gallery. #Groundbreaker

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    See Here: 9/22/2010

    • Date: September 22, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="Aerial view of the Rhode River and the site of the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES), now known as the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), in Edgewater, Maryland, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 549 Box 2

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  21. Link Love: 12/21/2012

    • Date: December 21, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  23. Roxie Collie in the 1931 Oak Leaves Yearbook

    Roxie Collie Laybourne: Remembering a Groundbreaker

    • Date: March 26, 2013
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Roxie Collie Laybourne pioneered the field of forensic ornithology through her study of bird feathers, which has meant improved aviation safety.

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