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    See Here: 12/24/2009

    • Date: December 24, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Secretary Samuel P. Langley studying and photographing birds in flight from a tower on the grounds of the National Zoological Park, 1901, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 15 Folder 10, Negative

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    See Here: 2/1/2010

    • Date: February 1, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="Aerodrome designed by the third Smithsonian Secretary, Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), on one of its brief, unsuccessful, test flights along the Potomac River, 1903, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 15 Folder 9A, Negative Number: 2002-10628."][/caption]

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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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    See Here: 6/17/2010

    • Date: June 17, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) shows the Beatles' Rolls-Royce to Caron Carter, 11 July 1978, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder August 1978, Negative Number: 94-8341."][/caption]

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  9. Three men, two women and a child pulling rope to ring bell.

    Celebrating One Year and Many More to Come: National Museum of African American History and Culture

    • Date: September 26, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Just two days ago, the Smithsonian celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). It seems like just yesterday that we were all waiting for the doors to open; yet, so much has happened in the past year. Since President Barack Obama rang the bell that opened the museum, long lines and happy faces are

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  11. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2019

    • Date: September 26, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted this summer at SIA.

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  13. Beige, tan, and burgundy webpage with black and white archival photos across the top.

    Some Archives Technologist Career Advice

    • Date: May 24, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: This is the latest post in our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professionals. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Check out our previous posts, and don’t be afraid to let us know who you would like to hear from next!The Archives has

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  15. Two men hold a young girl up in a trash can.The girl is looking directly at the camera.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2022

    • Date: April 28, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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  17. Samuel Pierpont Langley at Quantico, Virginia, May 6, 1896

    Sneak Peek 8/13/2018

    • Date: August 13, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley at Quantico, Virginia, on the day of the test flight of Aerodrome No. 5 on the Potomac River, by Alexander Graham Bell, MAH-18836.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amanda Young

    • Date: September 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Spacesuit Curator, Amanda Young, started at the National Air and Space Museum as a secretary and moved her way up to being in charge of conserving the museum's more than 200 spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Dick Benson, March 1975, by Kjell Sandved

    Sandved and his Snapshots

    • Date: April 4, 2013
    • Description: Kjell Bloch Sandved worked as a photographer for the National Musuem of Natural History for 32 years and his Photographic Files captured the Museum’s staff at work in 1975.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Massumeh Farhad

    • Date: October 25, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art, Freer and Sackler Galleries, has created numerous exhibitions on the arts of the Islamic world, and twice received the Smithsonian Secretary's prestigious research prize. #Groundbreaker

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