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  1. Blog Post

    The Camera Loved Einstein

    • Date: July 9, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Portrait of Albert Einstein and Others (1879-1955), Physicist, by unidentified photographer, 1931, Smithsonian Institution Libraries."][/caption] This post is second in a series that highlights some of our most popular photos on the Flickr Commons. This photo of Einstein pictured with a group of intellectuals is one of

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  3. Black and white, slightly out of focus photograph of Lorentz and Einstein standing side by side out doors.

    Science Service, Up Close: Informal Moments

    • Date: May 8, 2018
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Formal portrait photographs of scientists tend to preserve the stiffness of the moment, rather than capture the sitter’s personality. Perhaps that is the reason that candid photographs of celebrities like Albert Einstein stick in public memory.A 1931 photograph of three Nobel laureate physicists illustrates why we tend to remember the informal photos of scientists more than

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  5. Preserving Oversize Items in the Personal Collection of Alexander Dallas Bache

    • Date: September 24, 2019
    • Description: Have you ever wondered how our staff preserves the oversize collections at the Smithsonian Institution Archives? Here is an intern’s perspective on preserving the personal collection of Alexander Dallas Bache.

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  7. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 06-244, Smithsonian Institution Press, Publications, 1933-1991

    • Date: 1933 1933-1991
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Press
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  9. Finding Aid

    SIA RU007165, International Whaling Commission, International Whaling Conference and International Whaling Commission, Records, 1930-1968

    • Date: 1930 1930-1968
    • Creator: International Whaling Commission
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  11. Faded color map of the United States as it was in 1839.

    Pursuing Knowledge in Unfamiliar Country

    • Date: November 15, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: In mid-19th century America, some believed that world-class discoveries came exclusively from Europe. But early Smithsonian leaders had a sense of urgency to disseminate an authoritative body of knowledge, pursue further discoveries, and provide a deeper understanding to the public at a time when American society was changing.

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  13. Two photographs of a man wearing a fur coat. The hood is on in the left photo.

    Smithsonian Collections, But Make It Fashion: An Archival Mystery Solved

    • Date: June 30, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: For Social Media Day, we’re recapping how a Facebook follower solved an archival mystery by giving a name to our most popular “unidentified male model.”

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  15. Blog Post

    The Smithsonian Sent Healing Wheels to WWI

    • Date: June 21, 2011
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: One of the challenges of being a reference archivist is focusing on the inquiries received, while suppressing the bits of information you come across that may be of personal interest (the corner of my desk is occupied by an ever increasing list of topics I aspire to research further on my own time). Recently, however, a colleague who is familiar with my interest in rare and

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  17. Smithsonian Legal Document

    An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes

    • Date: 1899 07/01/1898
    • Creator: 55th Congress, Sess. 2, 1898
    • Creator: 55th Congress, Sess. 2, 1898

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  19. Dr. Leonard P. Schultz's Log of Operation Crossroads Entry made July 1, 1946

    Dr. Leonard P. Schultz's Log of Operation Crossroads Entry made July 1, 1946

    • Date: July 1, 1946 1946
    • Creator: Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-
    • Creator: Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-

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  21. Exterior View of Concept Model for New National Air Museum

    Exterior View of Concept Model for New National Air Museum

    • Date: c. 1949
    • Creator: United States Public Buildings Administration
    • Creator: United States Public Buildings Administration

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  23. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 00-048, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Biodiversity Program, Professional Activity Files, 1989-1998

    • Date: 1989 1989-1998
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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