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  1. Physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer walking in to the Nobel ceremony with King Gustaf Adolf 1963

    Re-Prized

    • Date: December 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.

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  3. John M. McFarland to Alfred Vail, June 17, 1846.

    A Terrible Mother’s Day

    • Date: May 16, 2017
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: A cautionary tale from RU 7055, the Vail Telegraph Collection, on how NOT to celebrate Mother’s Day.

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  5. Specimen card for

    The Puget Sound Biological Station

    • Date: August 25, 2022
    • Description: We’re exploring the storied history of Friday Harbor Labs, a MarineGEO site, in Washington State.

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  7. A photo slide of a man sitting at a desk.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: January 12, 2021
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    Didn't You Just Love the Picture? I Did.

    • Date: March 2, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Table of what happened to the different prints. Alt text in images explains discoloring.

    When Digital Print Met Water

    • Date: March 26, 2020
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: What happens when your digital prints get wet and why is this important? Answers below!

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  13. A man points to a bent bolt attached to a metal support.

    The Day the Earth Did Not Stand Still

    • Date: August 19, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Where were you when the central Virginia 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck?

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    Hot Topics in Archival Research

    • Date: December 27, 2016
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Reference Team handles an average of around 6,000 queries per year, and if you us what people have been researching at the Archives recently, you'll get some pretty interesting responses. Although not comprehensive, here's a snapshot of the diverse range of information encompassed by the history of the world's largest museum complex!

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  17. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

    The Fate of the National Institute

    • Date: July 27, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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  19. The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!

    • Date: June 28, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines

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  21. Side by side comparison of a two color images of a woman in a blue dress on a gray background.

    The Beauty of Reusable CSS

    • Date: June 26, 2018
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: Recently I came across an article about Diana Smith, a user interface engineer, nay, artist who uses CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as a medium for creating pieces of artwork. She creates these CSS masterpieces by typing out each and every element by hand. All 4324 lines of them.Now, the artwork that Diana has created is impressive enough, but what’s even more impressive to me,

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  23. Science Service director Watson Davis with General Motors' Thomas Midgley Jr, 1936.

    Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies

    • Date: March 30, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring

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