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  1. Washington Monument grounds ceremony at which Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, 1927.

    Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927

    • Date: February 2, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.

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    The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 9, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific

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  5. Smithsonian Institution flag football team versus Howard University Hospital, 1980.

    Welcome to Smithsonian Football!

    • Date: February 7, 2017
    • Creator: Patrick Milhoan
    • Description: A brief history of the Smithsonian staff flag football team.

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  7. Photo of book spine

    Transparency in the Archives: From Our Earliest Days

    • Date: August 16, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the

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    Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial

    • Date: August 10, 2020
    • Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.

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  11. Museum specialist LaNelle Peterson with chameleon specimens at Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) Navy Yard laboratory.

    Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)

    • Date: February 10, 2022
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Learn more about the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center and the impact this unit had in the study of marine science worldwide.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Isabel C. Pérez Farfante

    • Date: September 1, 2021
    • 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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  15. Highlighting Diane Arbus: "A box of ten photographs"

    • Date: March 29, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Opening on April 6, 2018, A box of ten photographs highlights the portfolio of Diane Arbus, an American photographer known for her black-and-white images of marginalized individuals, including the mentally ill, circus performers, and transgender people. The exhibition, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) until January 21, 2019, traces the history of Arbus's

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    Archives on View: National Portrait Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition

    • Date: September 7, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Ahead of next year’s festivities, NPG unveiled an exhibition commemorating its May 1968 opening. The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) provided several pieces for this gallery, including a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dedication speech on May 3rd. Check out the full

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  19. 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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  21. Mary S. M. Gibson, January 1954, Frank J. Gilloon Agency, Record Unit 267: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Records, 1881, 1895-1976, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Women in Humanities

    • Date: March 3, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.

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  23. The Landscape Alphabet, by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1810-1860, paper lithograph, British Museum, 1870,0514.2075-2100.

    Link Love: 2/21/2014

    • Date: February 21, 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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