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    1. For the Love of Bookshelves

      • Date: January 19, 2021
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: On January 19, 1858 renovations to the library located in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building to increase space for books were completed.

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    3. Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, 1900, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Medicine and Science. Photograph taken as part of expedition to view the solar eclipse of May 1900 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Note the elaborate tent that housed the Smithsonian’s large horizontal telescope.

      Smillie and the 1900 Eclipse

      • Date: June 9, 2009
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 2

      • Date: August 5, 2010
      • Description: This piece is part two in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Also see part 1 and a related post on NASM's blog. [caption id="attachment_7587"

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    7. Miniature version of Hopper's Nighthawks with pencils and other office supplies.

      Link Love: 8/11/2017

      • Date: August 11, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, recreated in miniature with office supplies. [via Colossal]A new project, Great 78, seeks to preserve 78rpm records. [via Internet Archive]Nice! NYPL card holders can now stream movies from the Criterion Collection. [via Gothamist] A floating museum makes its debut this month in Chicago! [via Timeout]Sound maps of protest from the last 26 years.

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    9. Collection of space suits in cold storage at the Paul E. Garber Facility.

      Sneak Peek 9/30/2013

      • Date: September 30, 2013
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Collection of space suits in cold storage at the Paul E. Garber Facility.

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    11. Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit worn during a 2 hour, 31 minute, and 40 second EVA (extra-vehicular activity) on the Moon in 1969. Image by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Image no. NASM2012-01664.

      Link Love: 7/24/2015

      • Date: July 24, 2015
      • 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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      Sneak Peek 9/9/2013

      • Date: September 9, 2013
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Installation of "Spirit of St. Louis" at National Air and Space Museum.

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    15. File cabinets filled with film in old cold storage space at NMAH. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Moving Day

      • Date: January 21, 2016
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: In November, Smithsonian Institution Archives moved over 3 million photographic negatives to a new state of the art facility at the Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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    17. Page one of The Crossroads exhibit.

      Exhibiting the Enola Gay

      • Date: June 25, 2020
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.

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      Link Love: 8/31/2018

      • Date: August 31, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • 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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    21. The Mars Rover Spirit took this sublime view of a sunset over the rim of Gusev Crater, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. Taken from Husband Hill, it looks much like a sunset on Earth—a reminder that other worlds can seem eerily familiar. Sunset and twilight images help scientists to determine how high into the atmosphere the Martian dust extends and to look for dust or ice clouds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M/Cornell.

      Link Love: 1/10/2014

      • Date: January 10, 2014
      • 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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    23. A nebula with active star formation about 6,500 light years from Earth

      New Chandra X-Ray Images on the Flickr Commons

      • Date: October 27, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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