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  1. Doodles sketched by John F. Kennedy, 1961.

    Art in the Margins: John F. Kennedy's "Doodles in Dimension"

    • Date: November 10, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: President John F. Kennedy's doodles were given a new dimension by local Washington, D.C. sculptor Ralph M. Tate and the Anacostia Community Museum.

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  3. Visitors head into the Arts and Industries Building,

    Wait. Did That Really Happen? Murder at the Museum

    • Date: January 16, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: On January 16, 1907, a man carrying packages asked a carpenter for directions to a former colleague's office in the U.S. National Museum. Minutes later, that man pulled a rifle out of one of the packages and murdered an illustrator working for the Smithsonian.

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    The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 9, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific

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    ATMs & Virtual Wallets—What Did We Do Before Them?

    • Date: August 28, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: How money was transferred in the 19th century before the era of the ATM.

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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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    Suppose We Decide to Dispose

    • Date: October 28, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Interior of Office of Printing and Photographic Service's cold storage vault, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder September 1983, Negative Number 2004-10338."][/caption] To be sure, the Smithsonian has a lot of photographs. Millions of them in hundreds of

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    Technology Throwback Thursday: Snail Mail and Word Processors

    • Date: July 10, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A brief look at the evolution of public inquiries at the Smithsonian.

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  15. Diagram of Solomon Brown photograph housing showing construction process. Image by William Bennett.

    Home Sweet Housing: Creating a Unique Enclosure for a Historic Photograph

    • Date: November 24, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Finding a unique housing solution to preserve a historic photograph, detailing the history of one of the Smithsonian's earliest employees.

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  17. Lantern slide photograph on glass in wood mount, William Langenheim (1807–1874) and Frederick Langenheim (1809–1879) Philadelphia, 1850.

    Deconstructing a Mystery: Rare photo proves to be the earliest ever taken of the Smithsonian Castle

    • Date: August 10, 2015
    • Description: A rare hyalotype proves to be the earliest known photo of the Smithsonian Castle, taken in 1850 when it was still under construction.

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  19. A tweet from Hettie Ashwin mentioning her writing.

    Get Inspired: Using Smithsonian Images for Creative Writing

    • Date: January 17, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: A highlight of a series of creative writings inspired by photographs from the Smithsonian Flickr Commons and published at the online journal, Dr. Hurley’s Snake-Oil Cure.

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  21. Mary Rice standing in front of a laboratory building at the Smithsonian Marine State at Fort Pierce.

    Science Conversations in the Shenandoah

    • Date: September 6, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.

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  23. User scrolls down the page for the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Twitter in 2014.

    #AskAnArchivist 2020: Sharing From Home

    • Date: October 8, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: You asked. We answered. On October 7, 2020, six Archives staff members were excited and ready to answer questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day.

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