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    Call for Entries! Seeing Other Worlds

    • Date: May 8, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: How can photography help us see things that would otherwise go unnoticed in our everyday lives? How does photography change our perception of the world? If you have ideas about this, consider contributing your image and story to the new click! photography changes everything call for entry: "Seeing Other Worlds." While you’re at it, check out some of our click!

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  3. Washington Monument, c. 1920-1924, by Martin A. Gruber.

    Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!

    • Date: October 22, 2013
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.

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  5. The reconstructed Arch of Palmyra in Trafalgar Square (photo via @george_lythe_1/Instagram)

    Link Love: 4/22/16

    • Date: April 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Palmyra's Arch de Triumph (recreated) stands again in London, brought to you by 3D tech. [via Hyperallergic]New digital collection available; Cold War archives. [via InfoDocket]A new book of Pablo Neruda poetry found by archivists is about to be published. [via Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the

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  7. Cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. 2013 (Diana Alvarenga)

    Link Love: 3/29/13

    • Date: March 29, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly blog post with favorite links.

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  9. Link Love: 3/1/2013

    • Date: March 1, 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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  11. The Runaway, 1958, is an example of Rockwell's photorealism. (Norman Rockwell Ar

    Link Love: 1/4/2013

    • Date: January 4, 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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  13. Rafinesque’s drawings of tortoises observed along the Ohio River, 1818.

    Link Love: 4/13/2012

    • Date: April 13, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • 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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  15. 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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  17. Viewing the Past, Through Modern Eyes

    • Date: July 10, 2012
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A publication by Li Ju, a Chinese freelance photographer, retraces the steps of the Clark Expedition, and includes modern images of the sites photographed during the Clark Expedition.

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    Can We Just Forget It?

    • Date: July 15, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Eraser, by Sarah McKenzie, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] An interesting story surfaced about a week ago, concerning an over-eager defense lawyer anxiously seeking to expunge not only governmental, but media archives, too, of potentially damaging information or previously published articles about a number

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    Photo Sleuth: When the Evidence Doesn’t Add Up

    • Date: May 14, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: What happens when you have information about a historic photograph that is contradictory? How do you decide what information is correct? Check out how one historian grapples with these mysteries.

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  23. Aerial photograph of the National Mall with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt covering the four blocks west of the U.S. Capitol Building.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022

    • Date: November 3, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields thousands of questions per year.

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