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  1. File cabinets filled with film in old cold storage space at NMAH. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Moving Day

    • Date: January 21, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: In November, Smithsonian Institution Archives moved over 3 million photographic negatives to a new state of the art facility at the Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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    Link Love: 3/19/10

    • Date: March 19, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="216" caption="San Francisco, California, Post Office, Station A, 1895, Unknown photographer, Black and white photographic print, National Postal Museum, Accession number: A.2008-30."][/caption] SepiaTown is a new site geo-mapping historical photos of New York, Moscow, London, and other cities—you can upload your own too. And I just

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    It’s Our Anniversary…

    • Date: March 2, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305" caption="Cake, by Daniel Nelson, Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0."][/caption] It’s hard to believe, but it has been two years to the day that THE BIGGER PICTURE has been in existence (note: that rogue January post doesn’t count as it was backdated)! The blog was started by the Smithsonian Photography

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  7. A Beaver Corral, Fried Owl, and Pueblos: Adventures with Vernon Orlando Bailey

    • Date: August 20, 2013
    • Description: Examination and conservation treatment of V.O. Bailey’s field book chronicling a 1906 expedition through Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.

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  9. Dan Kimball adjusting the telescope at the Maria Mitchell Observatory prior to the eclipse.

    Lasting Consequences from Past Solar Eclipses

    • Date: August 22, 2017
    • Description: Solar eclipse trips can have lasting effects on an astronomy student’s life, as NASM’s David DeVorkin tells us about the 1970 Yale Observatory expedition and beach party to view an eclipse at Nantucket.

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  11. Google Analytics Map Showing Traffic to the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Bl

    Here's Looking at You

    • Date: June 25, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A peek into our metrics program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    Postcards on the Edge

    • Date: February 18, 2010
    • Description: One of the largest collections of real photo postcards at the Smithsonian can be found in the conveniently titled “post card collection” in the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Madagascar - Le bel album venu de France, c. 1905, by Unknown photograher, Postcard, National Museum of African Art,

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    Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future

    • Date: February 8, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,

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    The More I See You, the More I Want You

    • Date: September 25, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    See Here: 11/9/2018

    • Date: November 9, 2018
    • 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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  21. Embracing the Crowd

    • Date: April 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)

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  23. A gray line drawing on a white field depicts four views of a box: at top left, a view from above showing the document and a support tube in the lower tray of the box; at bottom left, a cross-section view of the same; at top right, a cross-section view of the box lid, showing a pressure plate occupying the lower two-thirds of the lid; at bottom right, a view from below of the same, looking up into the lid and showing an area removed from the pressure plate to avoid damaging the wax seal.

    Happy birthday, Hungerford Deed!

    • Date: July 28, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Join us for a celebration of the Hungerford Deed on its 233rd birthday.

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