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      Gone But Never Forgotten

      • Date: December 17, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="341" caption="Funeral home, Date unknown, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Scurlock Studio Records, 1905-1994, Call No. 0618.239244."][/caption] The Smithsonian has millions of pictures organized in hundreds of subject based

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    3. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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    5. Eden Orelove in the SIA cold vault, 2013

      Highlight from the Photo Cold Vault: Gelatin Dry Plate Negatives

      • Date: May 9, 2013
      • Description: Read a brief history of the gelatin dry plate negative and learn about the work being done at the Smithsonian Institution Archives to preserve this glass plate negative photographic format.

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      Snapshots of Transition: Native American Reservation Life in the Early 1900s

      • Date: November 17, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="In this photo Reverend James O. Arthur poses on a sand dune at White Sands, New Mexico. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Catalog number: N53381."][/caption] This is the first entry in a series celebrating National Native American Heritage Month. In this series we will be highlighting photos from the

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    9. Front cover of an exhibition pamphlet. It has a brown-ish streak down the middle and a red cross at the top center.

      M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Exhibit

      • Date: July 30, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Thirty-six years ago today, M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Wounds opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the response was overwhelming.

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      Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair

      • Date: October 19, 2012
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."

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    13. “Flat John” Visits the Smithsonian Castle, 2015, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette

      Science Service, Up Close: The Microvivarium

      • Date: May 12, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Today’s science museums build on the efforts of biologist George Roemmert (1892-1952), whose “Microvivarium” projected images of amoebas and other microscopic creatures.

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    15. Photograph album page, black paper with five black and white photographs of plants and a spider specimen.

      Thanks for the specimens, J. Bruce Bredin!

      • Date: October 11, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: This philanthropist’s passion for research and adventure inspired him to join a series of collecting expeditions with the Smithsonian in the 1950s.

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    17. Lonnie G. Bunch III stands in an office in front of a cluttered bookshelf.

      Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!

      • Date: December 31, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

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      Link Love: 8/6/2010

      • Date: August 6, 2010
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    21. Janet Harmon Bragg: Female Aviator

      • Date: March 22, 2011
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about interesting women from our collections in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of watching the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ Video History Collection interviews while they were digitized. One of my favorites is Black Aviators (RU 9545) because of

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      Seen From the Edge

      • Date: April 6, 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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