Description: [caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="A broken glass plate negative, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] We are in the throes of summer here in Washington DC, and that means three things: heat, more heat, and interns. Interns not only allow us to share expertise and experience with newcomers to the field, but also allow
Description: What does the Smithsonian Institution Archives collect? We say we hold records about the history of the Smithsonian and its people, programs, research, and activities. But this answer doesn’t quite do justice to the breadth and depth of our holdings.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you'll get into
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
Description: While the economy may be perking up, the recession we’re still climbing out of has made one thing clear; if you need to earn a living, you’ve got to think entrepreneurially. Read enough success stories about former executives who’ve become cupcake moguls and a path becomes clear: take the dreams and skills you have, along with whatever compelling back story you can point to
Description: Physicist Dr. Stella S.R. Offner, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, uses computer simulations to understand how stars form. She is also a WorldWide Telescope Ambassador. #Groundbreaker
Description: Dr. Valerie Paul, head scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station and director of the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems, researches marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, and marine natural products. #Groundbreaker
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Roof of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) and Buildings of the City of Washington, D.C., c. 1920s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 562, Box 1, Negative Number:2003-19563. "][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="Entomological workers of the Division of Insects, United States National Museum (USNM), 1925, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9555 Box 1, John Frederick Gates Clarke Oral History Interview, Negative Number: 84-3567."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="In 1906, visitors enjoyed touring the nation's capitol in this sightseeing bus, which was manned by guides with megaphones, 1906, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder October 1989, Negative Number: 72-8601."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Dr. Frederick W. True, Mammalogist at the United States National Museum, sits at a table with specimens, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 22A, Folder 77, Negative Number: 2002-32245."][/caption]
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