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    A Short History of Photography from Cigar Box to Cell Phone

    • Date: June 23, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper, copy of the original photo by John Draper, created by Daniel Draper, 1893, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications."][/caption] Imagine that you are the first person to take a photograph. What would you

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  3. A woman in a white polo holds up a certificate that reads:

    Women in the Office of Protection Services

    • Date: March 12, 2019
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: In 1974, women joined the Smithsonian security force and they have been rising through the ranks ever since.

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  5. A woman interviewing a man at a table with a recorder in between them.

    Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 6, 2021
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.

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    Too Many to Count

    • Date: September 24, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, c. 1890, Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests

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  9. The Runaway, 1958, is an example of Rockwell's photorealism. (Norman Rockwell Ar

    Link Love: 1/4/2013

    • Date: January 4, 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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  11.  A duplicate of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, on display at the Smithsonian in 1972

    So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?

    • Date: July 16, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?

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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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  15. Brown boxes taped closed. The boxes are stacked on top of each other and are full and appear damaged. Some boxes are leaning. Four white boxes stuffed with papers are under a stack of brown boxes.

    Link Love: 2/8/2019

    • Date: February 8, 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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  17. Link Love: 07/17/2020

    • Date: July 17, 2020
    • 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. Katie Ahlfeld with Horton Hobbs Jr.’s specimens

    Fatherhood in the field: Horton Hobbs aka “Crawdaddy”

    • Date: June 19, 2016
    • Description: Horton H. Hobbs Jr. and his work in the field with his son, Horton H. Hobbs III.

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  21. Link Love: 12/6/2019

    • Date: December 6, 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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    You're Going to Throw That Out? Now?

    • Date: May 9, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Institutions devise all sorts of procedures to determine what kinds of documents to collect, and how to save and archive them. The Smithsonian Institution Archives, for example, advises and works with various museums, research institutes, and offices across the Smithsonian, on an ongoing basis, to determine and manage what will get archived for posterity. But in some

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