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      150 Years Ago: Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

      • Date: April 14, 2015
      • Description: In New York City when he heard of Lincoln’s assassination, Secretary Joseph Henry returned to Washington for the president’s funeral.

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    3. Spirit Photograph, Harry Houdini with Ghost of Abraham Lincoln, by Harry Houdini, via Wikimedia Commons, Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

      Panoramic Panic Part III

      • Date: October 30, 2014
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Our conservator shares some scary and not-so-scary advice on dealing with rolled panoramic photographs.

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    5. No. 40. Crew member preparing plant specimens for Smithsonian, off the east coast of Greenland, 1936. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007231, Image no. SIA2012-0660

      Another Milestone Met: Reminiscing about the Field Book Project and Looking Forward

      • Date: February 21, 2019
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.

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    7. A computer window titled DArchInfo with clickable heading tabs labeled Search, Query Results, Clipboard, SQL, and logoutThe first column contains accession numbers for Smithonian Archives born-digital holdings (i.e. 00-002). The second column contains names of format types (i.e. AppleDouble Resource Fork, etc.). The third column is the number of each type of file format in that accession (i.e. there are 93 Acrobat PDF/A files).

      Assessing File Format Risk for Born-Digital Preservation Planning

      • Date: August 3, 2021
      • Description: In addition to physical damage and deterioration of storage media, the technological complexity and dependency of electronic records make them uniquely vulnerable to loss, corruption, and alteration (both accidental and malicious). To achieve long-term preservation of fragile born-digital materials, digital archivists need a plan.

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    9. Germination test of deaccessioned moldy material.

      The Mold…RETURNS! (Mad Scientist edition)

      • Date: November 1, 2016
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Our annual creepy Halloween post returns, like the undead, and so many moldy oldie film franchises. A silly wink at a serious subject.

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      &072; is for Hamburger

      • Date: May 28, 2020
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: On National Hamburger Day, let's take a moment to relish the technological hamburger.

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    13. Screenshot of a Twitter thread about a DC Alliance for Response workshop.

      Pandemic Tests Preparedness

      • Date: September 3, 2020
      • Description: This National Preparedness Month, collections care professionals might consider joining their local Alliance for Response initiative to improve their organizations, practices, and programs.

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    15. Leech jars, as seen at the New York Academy of Medicine. Courtesy of Nora Lockshin. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

      Leeches ’n Labels

      • Date: October 29, 2015
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Terrifying tips for marking on museum objects lurks within our annual Halloween themed post.

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    17. A person twists on a chair and their profile is visible. Wallpaper is in the background.

      The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters

      • Date: September 10, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.

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    19. Kodak PCD file, 1996 converted to TIFF on left and Preservation Master of the same image converted to TIFF in 2014 on right. Accession 11-281 - National Museum of Natural History, Office of Public Affairs, Images, c. 1992-2010, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      The Importance of the Original

      • Date: February 25, 2014
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Keeping the original digital file is just as important as the preservation version.

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      Digitized Photos and Back Stories

      • Date: October 22, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Discovering the “back story” behind a unique digitized image in the Science Service collections.

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      Colors of photography – digital conservation on faded prints

      • Date: December 18, 2018
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: A few attempts to roll back the color shift on faded prints from 1955

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