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    1. Portrait of Helena M. Weiss

      Women Managing the Smithsonian

      • Date: March 17, 2020
      • Description: Meet some of the women who have managed aspects of the Smithsonian since the 1850s.

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    3. Detail of severe ink corrosion on RU 53, vol.32, p. 369, 09/23/2015. Courtesy of Laura Dellapiana

      Further Research in the Conservation and Preservation of Letterpress Copybooks

      • Date: January 26, 2016
      • Description: Postgraduate Fellow Laura Dellapiana presents new research outcomes for stabilization of letterpress copybooks with significant damage.

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      Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore

      • Date: January 12, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.

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    7. Color photograph of the National Postal Museum building taken from across the street.

      The National Postal Museum Still Delivers After 25 Years

      • Date: September 25, 2018
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: 25 years ago the National Postal Museum first opened its doors to the public.

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    9. A portrait of scientist Eva J. Pell smiling.

      American Women of Science: Recovering History, Defining the Future

      • Date: October 6, 2020
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Attend this year’s Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Virtual Symposium!

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      The National Park that Never Was

      • Date: August 25, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.

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    13. S. Dillon Ripley in pram with dog, c. 1914, photographer unknown, photographic print, Accession 93-105 - S. Dillon Ripley Papers, 1950-1989, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2013-10944.

      Happy 100th Birthday, S. Dillon Ripley

      • Date: September 20, 2013
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Celebrate the life of the eighth Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, who was born on September 20, 1913, 100 years ago today!

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    15. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: October 13, 2020
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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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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      Par for the Course

      • Date: July 18, 2011
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: This post is the third in a series this month that honor the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925. We're highlighting a set of rare and newly digitized photographs from the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections, of witnesses at the trial, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. On Wednesday afternoon, July 15,

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    21. Visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance.

      Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building in the 21st Century

      • Date: November 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: The Arts and Industries Buildings reopens this weekend with FUTURES, the first building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall. Though we've written plenty about the building's past on our blog, today, we're diving into its more recent history in the 21st century.

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    23. A man points to a bent bolt attached to a metal support.

      The Day the Earth Did Not Stand Still

      • Date: August 19, 2021
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Where were you when the central Virginia 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck?

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