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  1. Stamp depicting S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

    Miscellaneous Adventures: Fosberg

    • Date: November 17, 2016
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures dives into Raymond Fosberg’s research on the flora of Sri Lanka.

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    Online Soul

    • Date: June 7, 2010
    • Description: One of the goals of THE BIGGER PICTURE blog is to highlight stories about the ways images delivered in an online environment can describe extraordinary events or comment equally powerfully on our everyday life. Our contributors talk about collections at the Smithsonian, about images or archives that are making headlines, or about people that make, care for, and think about

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    Sifting Through Archives and Snooping Through Desks

    • Date: April 27, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Walt Whitman, 1883 ,by Unidentified photographer, Albumen silver print, 14.3 cmx10.1 cm, National Portrait Gallery, Image No.

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  7. Barro Colorado Island, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    Sneak Peek: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    • Date: March 11, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Series of photographs of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute buildings and facilities at Barro Colorado, Naos, and Galeta islands, Panama, 1960s, SIA RU000095.

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  9. Portrait of Carl William Schuermann, Jr.

    Spotlight: Carl William Schuermann, Jr., Property Clerk

    • Date: October 28, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: We're taking a closer look at Carl William Schuermann, Jr., a Smithsonian property clerk with an interest in ornithology.

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    The Near Faraway

    • Date: December 3, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  13. Snake River Float Trip, by EJS, Prior to 1970.

    Wish you (or your image) were here

    • Date: August 7, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    To have and to hold (snap) . . .

    • Date: December 30, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="392" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24,1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Cellulose acetate photonegative, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278269."][/caption] If events are heavily promoted as being once-in-a-lifetime

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    No We Can't

    • Date: December 16, 2009
    • 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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    Postcards on the Edge

    • Date: February 18, 2010
    • Description: One of the largest collections of real photo postcards at the Smithsonian can be found in the conveniently titled “post card collection” in the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Madagascar - Le bel album venu de France, c. 1905, by Unknown photograher, Postcard, National Museum of African Art,

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    The Shadow of Your Smile

    • Date: November 23, 2009
    • 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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    Who we think we might be

    • Date: April 15, 2010
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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