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100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History

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Go West! Then Back to the Future

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Holiday Cooking With Hannah Glasse

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A Coffee Break With James Smithson

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What Was James Smithson Doing in the Kitchen & Classroom?

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Tracing Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall Through Smithsonian Collections

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Introducing New Information Literacy Collections in Learning Lab

Herr, Thomas & Co., Pittsburg, PA. Catalogue No. 101 (1907), page 74, Dresser Trunk, Suit Case, Leather Suit Case, Cabinet Bag, Trunk, Steamer Trunk, Hand Bag or Satchel.

Pack Your Bags for 1907

Collage of audio visual material that will be screened during the Smithsonian 175th Film Fest.

Tune in for the Smithsonian 175th Film Fest

After L. A. Huffman, “A Dead Bull” from William T. Hornaday, “The Extermination of the American Bison, with a Sketch of Its Discovery and Life History,” Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1887, part 2 (1889): pl. IX.

How Yellowstone Was Saved by a Teddy Roosevelt Dinner Party and a Fake Photo in a Gun Magazine

Library Bureau, Boston, MA. Classified Illustrated Catalog of the Library Department of Library Bureau (1899), page 82, Perforating Stamp. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Vintage Supplies that Kept Libraries Running

Crimilda Pontes created several designs for the James Smithson Bicentennial in 1965, including what would become the Institution's signature sunburst. (Smithsonian Archives, Acc. 89-024, Box 4., Smithsonian Institution Archives)

The Surprising Story of the Smithsonian Sunburst

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