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    1. B&W photo of interior with fireplace, a portrait of a woman on an easel, and highly ornate wood furniture.

      Studios and Cottages of a D.C. Socialite

      • Date: December 5, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On December 5, 1961, the Smithsonian announced the gift of the Barney House Studio. We have written previously about Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931); artist, actor, playwright, and Washington D.C. socialite at The Bigger Picture. Barney donated her artwork and her D.C. residence which became part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection. In 1999, however, the house

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    3. Black and white photograph of skeletons of man and horse.

      Link Love: 9/15/2017

      • Date: September 15, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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      Link Love: 9/8/2017

      • Date: September 8, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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    7. Scanning technique demonstrated by Mattie Woodford, Powell Group film scanner, taken April 1961. National Archives Identifier 7665735.

      Link Love: 10/17/2014

      • Date: October 17, 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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    9. Aerial view of the National Museum of the American Indian from September 21, 2004, by Carl C. Hansen, Accession 11-019 - Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2004-53062.

      National Museum of the American Indian in Washington Marks 10th Anniversary

      • Date: September 18, 2014
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: NMAI opened 10 years ago with a large gathering of native peoples in Washington, D.C.

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    11. Washington Monument, c. 1920-1924, by Martin A. Gruber.

      Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!

      • Date: October 22, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.

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    13. 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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    15. “The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington

      • Date: June 27, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in Washington, D.C.

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    17. Chicago Wide-Awake Republican Club to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 01, 1860 (Certificate of membership). Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress.

      Link Love: 11/10/2017

      • Date: November 10, 2017
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, Washington D.C & American history.

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    19. A man on a ladder paints bees on the Great Ape House building during the day. Visitors walk into the building. A sign reads:

      Link Love: 10/26/2018

      • Date: October 26, 2018
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    21. The Getty's IIIF viewer, via the Getty blog.

      Link Love: 6/02/2017

      • Date: June 2, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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    23. A workman is suspended from a ceiling with rigging as he is installing a huge blue whale skull.

      Link Love: 9/3/2021

      • Date: September 3, 2021
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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