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    1. Waiting at the Clinic—Hull House Neighborhood, by Lewis Hine.

      Take This Job & Shoot It!

      • Date: September 10, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

      • Date: August 10, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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      Creating a Digital Smithsonian

      • Date: September 28, 2010
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by

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    7. Throwback Thursday, Smithsonian-Style

      • Date: December 20, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Slide back through time by exploring historic Smithsonian spaces in these before-and-after shots

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      100 Years of the Natural History Building

      • Date: June 17, 2010
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on

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      Politics: Prettier When Pictured

      • Date: December 8, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_3084" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="President Obama conducts interviews in the Map Room 3/30/09. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza."][/caption] Some photographs, instead of illustrating the news, are designed to make news. Given the speed at which photographic images can be distributed, the audiences they reach, and the attention they

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      NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Facility Marks 10 Years

      • Date: December 12, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: NASM’s Udvar-Hazy facility celebrates its 10th anniversary.

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    15. Two exhibit cases on either side of a tall panel that reads: In tribute...Spencer Fullerton Baird 1823-87 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 1878-87.

      Archives Puzzles: Exhibiting Baird

      • Date: May 17, 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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    17. Opening of the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1968.

      Design + Archives: Posters

      • Date: October 6, 2016
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: A selection of posters from programs and exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Collection of Fine Arts and National Museum of American Art) and Renwick Gallery.

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      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters

      • Date: October 24, 2017
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to

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    23. Two-Year Old Boy Sitting in Basket 1909, NAA INV 06226600, Glass Negative, National Anthropological Archives.

      You Asked, We Answered: 2015 Ask an Archivist

      • Date: November 10, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On Thursday, October 22nd, four of our archivists/conservators were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fifth year hosting

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