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  1. Construction of West Wing of Museum of Natural History

    Sneak Peek 11/19/2018

    • Date: November 19, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Construction of west wing of Museum of Natural History, by Jack Scott, May 27, 1964, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-114.

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  3. Two men and one woman stand in a room.

    Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution

    • Date: August 6, 2019
    • Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.

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  5. Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell.

    Sneak Peek 2/3/2020

    • Date: February 3, 2020
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B35_F02_001.

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  7. Construction of Angelica Van Buren Mannequin for First Ladies Hall Exhibition

    Sneak Peek 6/18/2018

    • Date: June 18, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Construction of Angelica Van Buren mannequin for First Ladies Hall exhibition at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, November 1972, SIA Acc. 11-009, 73-1221-25A.

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  9. 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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  11. A close-up view of a parchment sheet, covered closely with black ink writing. A passage is highlighted in yellow, “Estate at Studley and Calne and other Places in the County of Wilts[hire].”

    Tracing Inheritance in the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: September 24, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: The Hungerford Deed split an inherited estate between two sisters—but what do we know about those properties? We’ve dug deep into one of them here.

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  13. Taking a sample of mold.

    Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack

    • Date: July 26, 2016
    • Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.

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    What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers

    • Date: December 3, 2019
    • Description: We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.

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  17. Female House Sparrows on Fountain Ledge.

    Meet the Birds of the National Mall

    • Date: July 3, 2014
    • Description: Have you noticed that the Mall is aflutter with birds? Dive into the history of the Smithsonian’s interactions with our avian neighbors.

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  19. Goody Goody Gumdrops

    • Date: September 25, 2012
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A history of pygmy hippopotamus naming conventions at the National Zoological Park.

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    The Burning of the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 23, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: One hundred fifty years ago, on January 24, 1865, a massive fire erupted in the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle.

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  23. Did the Curator Really Do It? Popular Culture at the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 1, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: How has the Smithsonian been portrayed in popular culture – fiction writing, movies and television, over the last 160 years and has its popular imaged changed?

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