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    Showing results 85 - 96 of 1520 for Smithsonian Magazine
    1. Colorful painting of African American woman in red dress.

      Link Love: 5/18/2018

      • Date: May 18, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cells were unknowingly contributed to over 10,000 medical patents, aiding research and benefiting patients with polio, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. [via Smithsonian

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    3. A woman sits at a desk, and appears to be reading a paper.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Caroline Scott Despard

      • Date: May 1, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Caroline Scott Despard was the Picture Editor for Smithsonian Magazine from its inception in 1970­­ to her retirement in 1993. Despard selected photographs, chose photographers, and assisted in designing layouts for the publication. #Groundbreaker

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    5. Elmo and Fozzie Bear wait in the conservation lab before their debut at the donation ceremony. Courtesy of the National Museum of American History.

      Link Love: 9/27/2013

      • Date: September 27, 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. Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag

      Link Love: 6/17/2016

      • Date: June 17, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The ever curious story of mailing children by U.S.P.S. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The 2016 American Alliance of Museums MUSE tech award winners were announced, and the Smithsonian Transcription Center won! [via Center for the Future of Museums]A behind-the-scenes look at Google Cultural Institute. [via Wired UK]A super interesting project, Display at Your Own Risk, examining

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      Picturing Infinity: The Hubble Telescope’s Universal View

      • Date: May 11, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_827" align="aligncenter" width="242" caption="Spacecraft Hubble: Hubble in Flight, 2007, NASA"][/caption] Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. Welcome Joseph Caputo, intern at the Smithsonian Magazine. In April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was dropped off 353 miles above

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    11. Link Love: 07/03/2020

      • Date: July 3, 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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    13. Gene Wilder

      Link Love: 9/2/2016

      • Date: September 2, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Archives pay tribute to Gene Wilder. [via University of Iowa Libraries]A behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Film Archives' efforts to save historic films...and the task is enormous. [via NY Times]The director who's making history on 9/24 with the opening of our National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie Bunch. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Speaking of the

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    15. Link Love: 2/1/2019

      • Date: February 1, 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: 5/15/2020

      • Date: May 15, 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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    19. WWII Internment of Japanese, by Dorothea Lange.

      Link Love: 5/26/2016

      • Date: May 27, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Striking Dorothea Lange photographs of WWII internment of Japanese. [via Open Culture]The Hirshhorn let artist Linn Meyers draw all over their walls, and the results are stunning. [via Smithsonian Magazine]A look at the preservation of WWI objectors' graffitti. [via The Guardian]Thinking about preserving your own archive? The Library of Congress has advice on where to start.

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    21. Color picture of a small, white seal pup on concrete.

      Link Love: 1/26/2017

      • Date: January 27, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Meet the newest (and adorable) member of our National Zoo's family. She sparked an epic cute battle on Twitter! [via WTOP]Maybe not so adorable, a prehistoric "badger otter." [via Smithsonian Magazine]The National Museum of American History's political curators were busy last weekend collecting artifacts from the Inauguration and Women's March. [via Voice of America]Speaking

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    23. MondriPong

      Link Love: 4/1/2016

      • Date: April 1, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Art Deco beetles and butterflies from Smithsonian Libraries. [via Hyperallergic]Depression-era faces lost to history by an editor's hold punch. [via PetaPixel]A new online archive: the Digital Transgender Archive. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Photographers' Identities Catalog, a collection of biographical data for over 115,000 photographers, studios, etc. [via NYPL LABS]A new

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