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  1. Cheetah Cubs, May 23, 2012, courtesy of the National Zoological Park.

    Be a Friend in 2013!

    • Date: January 29, 2013
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives needs your help in strengthening our collections through donations of your time and resources. Please check out our new online donations page.

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  3. U.S. Fish Commission Schooner, Fish Hawk

    Sneak Peek 3/17/2014

    • Date: March 17, 2014
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Fish Hawk, a schooner and floating hatchery that was the first vessel constructed for the U.S. Fish Commission in 1880 for the purposes of marine research.

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    The Inhabitants of "Defense Mansion"

    • Date: July 14, 2011
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: This post is the second in a series this month that honors the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial, held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925, and highlights a set of rare and newly digitized photographs, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, of witnesses at the trial collections, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. In tone, composition, and setting,

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  7. Fragments of 12th-century manuscripts used to construct a 16th-century bookbinding

    Link Love: 6/9/2016

    • Date: June 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Celebrating our 300th Link Love since 2010!Macro x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (MA-XRF) reveals ancient manuscripts reused as bookbindings! [via The Guardian]A historic moment - refugees form their own squad for this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [via NPR]Get your color on with National Parks! [via National Park Foundation]Artist Bill Domonkos' archival remixes.[via

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  9. U.S. service members raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan, on Feb. 23, 1945.

    Link Love: 5/6/2016

    • Date: May 6, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Marines are investigating a possible case of mistaken identity in the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo. [via NPR]The little known history behind Cinco de Mayo. [via Smithsonian Magazine]A short film on the Smithsonian's incredible whale skeleton collection. [via Hakai Magazine]The Prelinger Archives has published 6600 public domain films to the Internet Archive! [via Open Culture]A

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    With Eyes (and Other Data Receptors) Open Wide

    • Date: May 18, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: In a storm of reporting, hundreds of articles published online and in print over the past couple of days, have focused attention on a story that touched on issues both photographic and archival.

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    Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute

    • Date: October 9, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the

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  15. Portrait of Thomas William Smillie

    Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection

    • Date: July 14, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!

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    See Here: 6/23/2010

    • Date: June 23, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Mark and Diane Littler inspecting algae at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port, Florida. Mark is holding the algae specimen, Both are in the water wearing snorkeling gear and wetsuits, 1984, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder February 1985, Negative

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    Smithsonian’s First Earth Day

    • Date: April 20, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: How did the Smithsonian take part in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970?

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  21. Weimaraner on table outdoors with staff surrounding him smiling.

    Link Love: 1/12/2018

    • Date: January 12, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Conservation wonder puppy, Riley, was brought to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to sniff out pests that could damage the artwork! #jealous [via NY Times]A tender adaptation of the Velveteen Rabbit with new illustrations. [via Brain Pickings]A 3-D printed puzzle that allows you to test your architectural knowledge, from architect Fumio Matsumoto. [via Hyperallergic]Game of

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    The Smithsonian Sent Healing Wheels to WWI

    • Date: June 21, 2011
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: One of the challenges of being a reference archivist is focusing on the inquiries received, while suppressing the bits of information you come across that may be of personal interest (the corner of my desk is occupied by an ever increasing list of topics I aspire to research further on my own time). Recently, however, a colleague who is familiar with my interest in rare and

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