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• Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), demonstrating equipment in lab

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  • Date taken: 2009-02-27 17:32:41
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, womensday, physicist, katherineburrblodgett, generalelectricresearchlaboratories, ge, 1938, woman, scientist, physics, chemistry, laboratory, experiment, femalescientist, labequipment, uniform, glasses, blodgett, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2009, private, 20thcenturymid
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• Postmaster General James A. Farley During National Air Mail Week, 1938

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  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:41:09
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, postmaster, jamesafarley, usps, celebration, letters, mailbags, post, postoffice, clutter, boxes, blackandwhite, vintage, stacks, airmailweek, 1938, mail, usmail, lookingatmail, man, alotofmail, paper, shoes, threepiecesuit, mailbag, photograph, portrait, package, mailroom, postmastergeneral, jamesfarley, farley, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Photograph of main post office building, New York City

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  • Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:06:12
  • Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, postoffice, architecture, airmail, mail, newyork, 1938, nationalairmailweek, postalhistory, terminal, station, blackandwhite, nationalpostalmuseum, manhattan, newyorkcity, midtown, 421eighthavenue, 421eighthave, 4218thavenue, 4218thave, eighthavenue, eighthave, 31ststreet, 31stst, 33rdstreet, 33rdst, unitedstatespostalservice, usps, unitedstatespostoffice, uspostoffice, unitedstatesmail, usmail, jamesafarleypostofficebuilding, jamesfarleypostofficebuilding, jamesfarleypostoffice, farleybuilding, farleypostoffice, generalpostofficebuilding, mckimmeadandwhite, mckimmeadwhite, beauxarts, lobby
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• Print

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  • Date uploaded: 2009-11-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, three, men, woman, standing, outdoors, costume, regalia, dance, spear, cap, hair, cormorant, vancouverislandgroup, 1938, britishcolumbia, saanish, nationalmuseumoftheamericanindian
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• Dorothy Page Gregory (Lady Gregory)

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  • Date taken: 2011-01-25 16:27:36
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-22
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, 1938, woman, 1930s, thirties, fashion, hat, prints, pearls, outdoors, portrait, british, older, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Gabriele Rabel (b. 1880)

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  • Date taken: 2011-10-12 12:16:22
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, 2012, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, woman, standing, outdoors, hat, 1938, 1930s, thirties, biologist, austrian, writer, author, translator, 20thcenturyearly, biology, government, focus
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• (left to right): Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946), Silva Tipple New Lake (b. 1898), and Robert Pierce Casey (1897-1959)

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  • Date taken: 2011-01-25 16:41:36
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, three, men, woman, seated, 1938, 1930s, thirties, classics, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2011, academia, archaeology, 20thcenturyearly
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