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  1. Elmer S. Riggs and Mr. Klein with fossil rhinoceros skull in Paleontology Lab, 1899, Field Museum.

    Link Love: 11/27/15

    • Date: November 27, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Who doesn't love giant treasure-troves of historic photographs? Check out some amazing shots from the history of the Field Museum in Chicago. [via Wired]History detective: Researchers in Amsterdam used Google Maps to pinpoint the exact location of the house depicted in Johannes Vermeer's painting, “The Little Street.” [via Hyperallergic]Want to contribute to public history

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  3. Link Love: 4/19/2013

    • Date: April 19, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  5. Link Love: 5/17/2013

    • Date: May 17, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  7. Jacqueline Rush Lee's “Anthology,” image courtesy Brooklyn Public Library.

    Link Love: 1/1/2016

    • Date: January 1, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: New Year's edition!10 years of beautiful bookish art from the Brooklyn Public Library. [via Hyperallergic]You can now tour online 9 floors and 85 permanent galleries of the British Museum which includes 80,000 artifacts. [via Open Culture]More good open access news: American Jewish literary news and opinion works spanning 2nd half of the 20th century is now available freely

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  9. Link Love: 1/17/2020

    • Date: January 17, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  11. Speak Softly . . .

    • Date: November 3, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.

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  13. Link Love: 1/1/2021

    • Date: January 1, 2021
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  15. Blog Post

    Remembering Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary 1984-1994

    • Date: January 29, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10199,size=500,center]Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994. He succeeded S. Dillon Ripley who had overseen a period of remarkable expansion from 1964 to 1984. Dr. Dr. Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1984 to 1994. An

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  17. Link Love: 01/29/2021

    • Date: January 29, 2021
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  19. Acilius diving beetle male front tarsus

    Link Love: 10/14/2016

    • Date: October 14, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Who knew beetle feet could be so beautiful? [via Colossal]The Cooper Hewitt's immersive wallpaper room was featured at the London Biennale! [via Cooper Hewitt Labs]Obselete art pigments...and their strange sources. [via Hyperallergic]NASA-funded research is open to the public! [via Futurism]Newberry Library acquires the world's largest postcard collection, 2.5 million of them.

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  21. Image of handwritten text, written above a newspaper clipping with a headline that reads:

    Link Love: 3/22/2019

    • Date: March 22, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  23. Unknown Mill

    So, What is it?

    • Date: June 21, 2016
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: In the process of scanning glass plate negatives, how do we determine what each image is when it comes with so little information attached?

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