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    Link Love: 3/19/10

    • Date: March 19, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="216" caption="San Francisco, California, Post Office, Station A, 1895, Unknown photographer, Black and white photographic print, National Postal Museum, Accession number: A.2008-30."][/caption] SepiaTown is a new site geo-mapping historical photos of New York, Moscow, London, and other cities—you can upload your own too. And I just

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  3. Side by side comparison of Infobox on Wikipedia for Mary Agnes Chase (left) and Google Search results showing same data (right).

    Improve #WomenInSTEM Representation with Wikidata!

    • Date: July 18, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We're ready to take our women in science to the next level! I hope botanist Mary Agnes Chase would be proud.This journey started with our history of science and the media research fellow, Marcel LaFollette, who created basic records for female scientists she uncovered in the Archives' Science Service collection, including many who worked at the Smithsonian. We then created a

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  5. On Hallowe'en, Holiday Postcards Collection, New York Public Library, image id 1587792.

    Link Love: 10/31/2014

    • Date: October 31, 2014
    • 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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  7. Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, United Kingdom, by Carolyn Russo, National Air and Space Museum, Image ID# WEB14831-2015.

    Link Love: 12/10/15

    • Date: December 11, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A new exhibit and publication from the National Air and Space Museum looks at the architectural beauty of airport towers with photos by Carolyn Russo. [via Weather.com]“The government must take the lead in reinvesting in the arts and humanities,” according to Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton. [via Washington Post]The Smithsonian made a 3D scan of Apollo 11 from the National

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  9. No. 40. Crew member preparing plant specimens for Smithsonian, off the east coast of Greenland, 1936. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007231, Image no. SIA2012-0660

    Another Milestone Met: Reminiscing about the Field Book Project and Looking Forward

    • Date: February 21, 2019
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.

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  11. Digitization Sneak Peek: Summer in Phoenix (Islands)

    • Date: November 20, 2018
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: Check out a few warm weather photos from the newest digitization efforts of our Field Book Project team.

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    Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”

    • Date: July 4, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your

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  15. T-rex selfie from Royal Ontario Museum.

    Link Love: 1/22/16

    • Date: January 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We've got your snow day browsing covered!Even the T-rex got into #museumselfie day Wednesday (please no selfie sticks.)To mark the passing of David Bowie, the Cincinnati Zoo named their baby penguin "Bowie." [via Mental Floss]Amelia Earhart's advice to a girl interested in becoming a pilot. [via Slate, The Vault]Dig into the sketchbooks of artist Richard Diebenkorn, 29 of

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  17. Wild animals of Glacier National Park, 1918. Vernon and Florence Merriam Bailey. Courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library.

    Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives

    • Date: February 11, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.

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    Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards

    • Date: May 29, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single

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  21. Rescuing Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child, Altaussee, 1945. Thomas Carr Howe Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

    Link Love: 2/7/2014

    • Date: February 7, 2014
    • 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. Link Love: 3/23/2018

    • Date: March 23, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Play your favorite hand-held game with Internet Archive's Handheld History Collection! [via The Verge]Despite more women than men working in science, only 3 of 10 children draw portraits of women when asked to draw a scientist. [via WAPO]With the death of the last male white rhino, what animals are next? Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories

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