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An Uncommon Treasure-House

Executive Images

To assemble "The American Presidency" exhibition, experts scour a treasure trove of historic pictures

A CARE Package shipped in 1948

Aid in Small Boxes

In 1996, commemorating 50 years of relief work, CARE gave the Smithsonian its own package

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King of the Lobby

Gilded age lobbyist Sam Ward almost always got his way, swaying movers and shakers with his legendary food, wine and charm

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The Horses Exalt the Officers Who Ride Them

Cantering through smoke, over obstacles and down city streets, recruits in Washington, D.C. train for careers as mounted police

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Seeing Fingers Decipher Bones

Give Marsha Ogilvie some bones, and she'll tell you the who, what and how . . . and she does it all with her hands

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Shaker Works Gallery

A compendium of thoughts on the Shakers from some quotable notables

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Keeping Time

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Minding the "Milkstone"

When works of art are pollen and rice, and even milk, the Hirshhorn Museum gives them extra-special care

Shaker Culture

A Foot Stomping Toe Tapping Culture

The Music of Shaker Culture

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Shaker Recipes

A compendium of thoughts on the Shakers from some quotable notables

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Grandma Moses Country

In charming paintings of "old timey things"—sleigh rides, mills, farms and fields—the artist preserved a simpler, bygone world

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Winston Churchill in America

His travels and ties nurtured the special relationship between the United States and Britain

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The World According to Wells

Best-known for sci-fi classics like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells became one of the most controversial writers of his day

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Happily Ever After?

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We're in a Jam

Easing the nation's growing traffic congestion has experts all backed up

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Return of the Pandas

After moving from Wolong to Washington, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are packing them in at the National Zoo

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Seeing Science Six Miles Up

City patterns, farm history, ancient seabeds, old mountains and new, the why of clouds: take a look

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Serpent Surprise

Shaker House

Living a Tradition

At a handful of sites scattered across New England, Shaker communities transport the past into the present

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