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      See Here: 3/15/2011

      • Date: March 15, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="289" caption="In the hallways of the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, every available foot of space is occupied by valuable collections housed carefully in metal covered cabinets to guard them from injury, 1936, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Linda Ezell

      • Date: April 5, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Linda Ezell, author and former Assistant Director for Collections (1987-1996), National Air & Space Museum, wrote several books with her husband, Edward Ezell, on the history of space programs.

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    5. Office space with one man working at the second desk closest to the camera. Books are on the desks. There is collections storage on the right side.

      Archives Puzzles: Happy (Almost) National Bird Day

      • Date: January 4, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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      The Smithsonian's First Photographer

      • Date: May 14, 2009
      • Description: Vernacular photography is the latest type of photography to be discovered by museums. Postcards, collected by Walker Evans (but still, postcards), have just been exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a tintype exhibition just closed at the International Center of Photography in New York, another exhibit of snapshots was seen at the National Gallery of Art.

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      The Smithsonian's 165th Anniversary

      • Date: August 10, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cari Corrigan

      • Date: February 15, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Watch Dr. Corrigan give a tour of the meteorite collections. Geologist & Curator of Antarctic Meteorites, Dr. Cari Corrigan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, studies meteorites from the Moon, Mars and asteroids to understand how the Solar System formed and how the impact cratering process affects these planetary materials. #Groundbreaker

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    13. Aerial view of the National Museum of the American Indian from September 21, 2004, by Carl C. Hansen, Accession 11-019 - Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2004-53062.

      National Museum of the American Indian in Washington Marks 10th Anniversary

      • Date: September 18, 2014
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: NMAI opened 10 years ago with a large gathering of native peoples in Washington, D.C.

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    15. Untitled c. 1905, RU7179_Box1_F21_Heller05 [SPI_1655].

      An Ode to the Bicycle

      • Date: May 8, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Time to dust off your velocipedes and bone-shakers! The League of American Bicyclists have declared May to be “National Bike Month” and have several events lined up to celebrate biking everywhere; Bike to Work Day (May 16), Bike to School Day (May 7), and Cyclofemme (May 11) .I love picking a theme or keyword and browsing through the Smithsonian’s collections.

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marsha E. Sitnik

      • Date: June 1, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      “Do Pandas Affect Everyone This Way?”: Celebrating 50 Years of Giant Pandas at the National Zoo

      • Date: April 14, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: This year marks the 50th anniversary since the arrival of giant pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo. To celebrate, we’re highlighting some giant panda records at the Archives.

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      To Market, To Market

      • Date: August 14, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_1885" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="U.S. National Museum, Street vendors at Center Market, by unknown photographer, 10/16/1909, Smithsonian Institution Archives RU79 Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, SIA2009-1992."][/caption] Interns and staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are digitizing historic

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      See Here: 1/22/2015

      • Date: January 22, 2015
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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