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    1. Hamburger icon in action on our site.

      &072; is for Hamburger

      • Date: May 28, 2020
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: On National Hamburger Day, let's take a moment to relish the technological hamburger.

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    3. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

      Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

      • Date: November 24, 2020
      • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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    5. Photographer Michael Barnes and his copy stand setup.

      Rapid Capture Digitization to bring the Smithsonian's Board of Regents Minutes Online

      • Date: September 8, 2015
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Digitizing the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents minutes to make them available online.

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      James Smithson, c. 1765–1829

      • Date: June 27, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: On June 27, 1829 James Smithson passed away in Genoa, Italy. His remains were later to rest in the Smithsonian Institution Building.

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      The Family of Man, as Told by the Family of Man

      • Date: September 20, 2011
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: Periodically—given the fleeting nature of life and the ubiquity of photographic imagery—it’s seems like someone’s always trying to hatch another ambitious image-based cultural project to prove that, despite our differences, we’re pretty all much the same.

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    11. An 8 inch floppy disk.

      How Computers Took Off at the National Air and Space Museum: 1980-1981

      • Date: December 1, 2016
      • Description: A look at a survey of computer usage at the National Air and Space Museum in 1980.

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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: July 3, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.[edan-image:id=siris_arc_394342,size=500,center]New Finding Aids Online:National Air and Space Museum, Space History Department, Exhibition Records, 2000-2004, 2010-2016, Accession

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      The Archives’ Hidden Women

      • Date: March 15, 2018
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9246,size=500,center]THE BIGGER PICTURE's “Wonderful Women Wednesday” series profiles the female curators, directors, and research scientists who have risen to prominence in their careers at the Smithsonian.These stories of broken glass ceilings are fascinating, but they barely scratch the surface of the Smithsonian’s female workforce through the

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    17. Specimen card from the Presidential Cruise of 1938.

      The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 8, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few

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    19. An elephant lifts its trunk in the air.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: July 2, 2020
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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      Smithsonian Online Paved the Way for Today’s Online Offerings

      • Date: August 3, 2017
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Smithsonian Online (SOL) was an online platform through AOL that included Smithsonian images, chats, message boards and other features during the 1990s.

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    23. Scan of a black and white forest fire prevention poster featuring the head of Smokey the Bear

      Bearly Survived to become an Icon

      • Date: May 27, 2010
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: Some of you may recall the symbol of the United States Forest Service fire prevention program, Smokey Bear. Perhaps I am dating myself, however I distinctly recall posters and television commercials between Saturday morning cartoons depicting the almost human looking bear wearing his park ranger hat and blue jeans, with shovel in one hand and stern finger pointed with the

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