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    #AskAnArchivist 2017: You Asked, We Answered

    • Date: October 19, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On October 4th, 2017, we joined archivists around the U.S. for SAA's #AskAnArchivist on Twitter. We did finger warm-ups and dug up our tips and resources to answer your questions! We gave tips on preserving social media and autograph books. And things got a bit weird when people started sharing their favorite archival biodiversity photos, but fun nonetheless. We hope you enjoy

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  3. Former Secretary Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot blows out candles on a birthday cake at a Regents Dinner held in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, celebrating his 100th birthday, May 10, 1972. Photo by Victor Krantz, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 72-5080-02.

    Birthdays at the Smithsonian

    • Date: July 17, 2014
    • Description: Ranking 2nd in 2013 as one of the top best places to work for in the Federal Government, there is no doubt that the Smithsonian Institution knows how to throw a birthday party.

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    Never Just the Facts

    • Date: April 22, 2010
    • Description: For the last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has been preparing to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, curators and archivists have been combing the files in preparation for an exhibition of historic photographs that will describe the museum’s history. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Photomicrograph

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  7. Two screenshots of websites of the Freer Sackler Gallery. The top is set in a white background and appears to be in a simpler, perhaps older version of the website than the one below it, which is set in a black background and more modern design.

    Searching and Using Web Archives

    • Date: April 9, 2019
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: There are many ways to find and use archived web collections.

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  9. Wooden cart with seated skeleton.

    The Tintinnabulation of the Poe Poe Poe-m

    • Date: October 31, 2017
    • Description: Dear Reader,We greet you today with a tale that tolls for thee.Even in the most modern of archives, some spooky things lurk right under our noses. Enjoy a poem that sings their praises…or does it?

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    Link Love: 11/19/2010

    • Date: November 19, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Ever heard of The Impossible Project? When Polaroid announced they would stop production of instant film, these folks saved the last Polaroid production plant in the Netherlands, and started to develop new instant film with a small team of former Polaroid employees. Check out some shots of Smithsonian museums taken by Aaron Dunn and created with the fruits of their labor. What

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  13. Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating Earth Optimism with Some Community Science

    • Date: April 27, 2021
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Since April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month, we’re highlighting two clips that make us optimistic for the future.

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  15. The object as received tightly rolled in mailing tube. Photo courtesy of Nora Lo

    Halloween Humidification Horrors!

    • Date: October 31, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  17. A side by side comparison of two color photographs. Left is a golden human shaped robot standing next to a short white and blue cylindrical robot on display. Right is a golden human shaped robot standing next to a short white and blue cylindrical robot in a collections preparation facility.

    Some IIIF-y Collections

    • Date: July 19, 2018
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: If you are someone who likes to view our collections, you may have noticed what looks like a slight cosmetic change in our collections pages. Honestly, even if you use our site heavily, you may have missed it. A side-by-side would show all that really changed was a new title bar, a few new buttons on the viewer, and another new button down at the bottom right next to the

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    Winter Wonderland

    • Date: December 21, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Today is officially the first day of winter (though that may be hard to believe with all of the chilly weather we’ve been having across the U.S.), and so we thought it would be a wonderful time to highlight our most recent addition to the Flickr Commons: a “Winter Wonderland” set.

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    Poetry in Pictures

    • Date: December 28, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Winter Wonderland set we uploaded to the Flickr Commons is inspiring digital art, crafts, and now, free word association.  It is always a wonderful surprise when someone “riffs” on an image (see this inspired history free image association in the Flickr Commons fan group). A little while ago, I stumbled on a secret message attached to this microscopic image of a snowflake

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    Link Love: 3/25/2011

    • Date: March 25, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=""EXIT" sign in the Smithsonian Institution Building (i.e. "The Castle Building"), by Adam Gerard, Creative Commons: Attribution BY-NC-SA 2.0."][/caption] We agree, Adam! The Smithsonian “Castle” takes the cake for vintage details. Via @voteprime on Twitter: “I am fascinated by this EXIT sign I saw at the Smithsonian

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