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  1. The World Is Yours: Early Air Mail

    • Date: June 1, 2021
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Take a listen to clips from The World Is Yours episode “Early Air Mail” and its short reign under the United States Postal Service from 1916 to 1926.

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    Looking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth

    • Date: July 28, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Today, James Smithson’s bequest to found the Smithsonian is considered a wonderful event, but in 1835 when it was announced, many Americans responded negatively. Why did they look his gift horse in the mouth?

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  5. Everything I Own

    • Date: February 6, 2020
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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    Link Love: 4/11/2014

    • Date: April 11, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    See Here: 7/2/2010

    • Date: July 2, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="View of the Reception Suite of the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1973, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285 Box 8 Folder 14, Negative Number: 73-13389."][/caption]

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    “Do Pandas Affect Everyone This Way?”: Celebrating 50 Years of Giant Pandas at the National Zoo

    • Date: April 14, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This year marks the 50th anniversary since the arrival of giant pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo. To celebrate, we’re highlighting some giant panda records at the Archives.

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  13. Paul Schweitzer repairing a typewriter, by Andrew White.

    Link Love: 3/6/2015

    • Date: March 6, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    Link Love: 6/24/2011

    • Date: June 24, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Headed to DC soon? Leave your thoughts at the National Museum of American History’s TalkBack Board, and then whether you’re in the capital or elsewhere, tune into the NMAH’s Twitter feed for #TalkBackTuesdays, where they’ll feature the best questions and comments from the board. The Museum of Photographic Arts has just joined Flickr Commons, and their photos include some

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  17. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, National Zoological Park.

    Where Have All the White Tigers Gone?

    • Date: August 13, 2015
    • Description: A brief history of white tigers at the National Zoological Park, and an explanation of why they are no longer collected.

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  19.  View of a corner of an exhibit that features a bell and a wagon.

    Archives Puzzles: A Centennial Celebration

    • Date: July 5, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  21. B&W photograph of steel crossbeams above a wide open room.

    Designed for Change: The Experimental Gallery, 1991-1994

    • Date: July 5, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: For a period of time in the early 1990s, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building played host to an experimental exhibition gallery space.

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    See Here: 2/18/2011

    • Date: February 18, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="President Gerald Ford, former astronaut and NASM Director Michael Collins, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with satellite ribbon-cutting apparatus on July 1, 1976, are ready for the opening day ribbon-cutting ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1976, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print,

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