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    What Smithsonian Animals Think of National Hug Day

    • Date: January 21, 2014
    • Description: Today is National Hug day! If you are feeling a little hug deprived don’t worry, we have scoured our collections to find you the best image of animals embracing the day.

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  3. How Many Birds Have You Seen Today?

    • Date: January 5, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Christmas Bird Count was begun in 1900 by the Audubon Society. Many Smithsonian staff have participated in it in the decades since then.

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  5. Crowds at the U.S. Capitol, assembled for the second inauguration of John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. , 1925.

    Science Service, Up Close: Radio Extends the Audience, Inauguration Day, 1925

    • Date: January 19, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: President Calvin Coolidge's second inauguration in 1925 reaches an audience of millions, thanks to a new technological innovation--the radio.

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  7. Smithsonian Carousel on the National Mall, by Casey McAdams, Smithsonian Institu

    A Favorite - The Smithsonian Carousel

    • Date: April 11, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: The Smithsonian Carousel celebrates the anniversary of its opening on April 12.

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  9. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

    Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

    • Date: August 2, 2018
    • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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  11. Panda-monium!

    • Date: April 16, 2012
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Arrival of giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling to the National Zoological Park.

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  13. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: October 13, 2020
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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  15. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo with the sunburst.

    Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

    • Date: December 8, 2020
    • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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  17. Photograph of a woman smiling broadly.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty Strickler

    • Date: April 22, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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  19. black and white illustration of 2 sloths, one walking on 4 legs, one on two legs gripping tree branch with tongue out

    New Website: The Mischievous Megatherium Club!

    • Date: February 6, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: "It is five o’clock, when the Megatherium takes its prey, that the most interesting characters of the animal are seen. Then it roars with delight and makes up for the hard work of the day by much fun and conduction." Folks at Home, February 17, 1863, Robert Kennicott[edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=250,left]Not only is this beast intriguing as a specimen, but it is the

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  21. Blog Post

    3/19/2016: Help Us Write Minority Women into History

    • Date: March 15, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8825,size=300,left]It is once again time to come together for a day of Wikipedia! Join Smithsonian and U.S. National Archives staff, as well as local Wikipedian volunteers, for a Women's History Month/Museum Day Live! edit-a-thon on Saturday March 19th, 10am-3pm, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Sign up for a wikipedia

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  23. Email Users Directory, 2015, Courtesy of David Bridge.

    The History of Email at the Smithsonian

    • Date: July 21, 2015
    • Description: Many of us read, write and send emails every day, but when did it all start at the Smithsonian? In 1980 Smithsonian staff had typewriters and telephones on their desk, with one or two FAX machines per office. The Smithsonian operated a single general purpose computer, the Honeywell mainframe, for all Smithsonian data processing applications and which did not include an email

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