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    1. Takashi and Kumi Sugiura smile at one another as they hold up art and fabric.

      Smithsonian Spotlight: Takashi Sugiura

      • Date: May 5, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Between 1953 and 1980, Japanese conservator Takashi Sugiura restored and mounted Japanese works at the Freer Gallery of Art.

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    3. The ceremonial key received by Secretary Skorton.

      Welcome Secretary Skorton!

      • Date: October 20, 2015
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.

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    5. Cover of OPA Negative Log

      Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection

      • Date: September 19, 2013
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    7. Smithsonian Carousel on the National Mall, by Casey McAdams, Smithsonian Institu

      A Favorite - The Smithsonian Carousel

      • Date: April 11, 2013
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: The Smithsonian Carousel celebrates the anniversary of its opening on April 12.

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    9. A woman wearing a long dress sits for a photograph. She is smiling and her hands are crossed at her lap.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ruth E. Blanchard

      • Date: June 8, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    11. Photo negatives of people at Byrd's retirement party. She is opening gifts in a few of the frams.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mabel A. Byrd

      • Date: May 18, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    13. Five people standing on a stage, one of which is holding a framed award.

      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 7, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian

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    17. Digital contact sheet that includes photographs of Betty J. Morgan.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty J. Morgan

      • Date: March 16, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    19. Contact sheet of people at Louise M. Pearson’s retirement party. She is pictured with Smithsonian Secretary Charles G. Abbot. Pearson is being handed various gifts. A large crowd is gathered.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Louise M. Pearson

      • Date: April 20, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    21. Happy Birthday, Smithsonian Magazine!

      • Date: April 21, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look back at the first issue of Smithsonian Magazine for its 45th anniversary.

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    23. Home Page of the First Smithsonian Website, Accession 98-094: Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Website Records, 1995, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2012-0382.

      The Electronic Smithsonian

      • Date: May 7, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.

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