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  Mailing Letters

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  • 228 comments
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  • Date uploaded: 2008-12-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snow, winter, boy, child, mail, letter, us, mailbox, commons:collection=mail, bw, grain, texture, post, usps, history, doremus, williamdoremus, design, letterbox, 1880s, nationalpostalmuseum, postal, mailboxes, halftone, young, lad, newsprint, boots, gloves, hat, city, street, town, iron, america, usa, mailing, sending, willarddelmontdoremus, usmail, victorian, 19thcentury, nineteenthcentury, captionable, youvegotmail, wellies, adorable, почта, почтальон, мальчик, commons:event=commonground2009, christmas, tiptoes, ice, normanrockwell, chils, postservice, mailacrossthecommons
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• Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion.

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  • 13 comments
  • 20 favorites
  • 86,092 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-23 16:47:12
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-29
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, horationewman, maynardmetcalf, faycoopercole, jacoblipman, wintertoncurtis, wilburnelson, williamgoldsmith, scientists, men, groupportrait, outside, bespectacled, ties, legal, history, social, justice, intolerance, evolution, creationism, education, charlesdarwin, intellectualfreedom, scopestrial, scopesdefenseteam, watsondavis, dayton, witnesses, courtcases, victorian, suits, porch, law, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Outdoor proceedings on July 20, 1925, showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. [2 of 4 photos]

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  • 2 comments
  • 22 favorites
  • 34,980 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-23 16:38:15
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-29
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, trial, evolution, creationism, darrow, bryan, scopes, monkeytrial, 1925, history, law, rheacounty, johnrneal, arthurgarfieldhays, dudleyfieldmalone, watsondavis, scienceservice, williamjenningsbryan, clarencedarrow, scopesmonkeytrial, johnthomasscopes, court, americancourt, blackandwhitephotograph, outdoorstrial, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Owney

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  • 5 comments
  • 37 favorites
  • 33,562 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:59:54
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, dog, owney, usps, postoffice, history, dogs, mascots, postofficedog, canine, pose, collar, sad, hairy, black, white, gray, mutt, mascot, portrait, sit, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Curtiss Jenny (JN-4H) airplanes in Washington, D.C.

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  • 13 favorites
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  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:20:18
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airplane, biplane, curtissjn4h, jenny, airmail, usps, washingtondc, 1918, airplanes, biplanes, pilots, airmailplanes, curtissjenny, jn4, jn4h, aviation, aircraft, early20thcentury, outdoors, singleprop, potomacpark, washingtondc1stairmaillocation, curtiss, curtissjn4jenny, curtissjn4hjenny, early20thcenturyaircraft, curtissjennyairplanes, firstairmailservice, history, flight, propeller, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, as38262, 38262, jn4ht, jn4hm, curtissaeroplanecompany, curtissjnjenny, curtissjn, jn, curtissjn4, jn4jenny, jn4hjenny, curtissjn4htjenny, curtissjn4ht, jn4htjenny, curtissjn4hmjenny, curtissjn4hm, jn4hmjenny, hispanosuiza, hispanosuiza8, wrightaeronautical, wrighthispanoe, wrighthissoe, v718
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• Gustav Arthur (1902-2000) and Josephine Cooper

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  • 1 comment
  • 26 favorites
  • 30,844 views
  • Date taken: 2009-03-18 15:50:24
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-23
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, womensday, scienceservicerecords, societyforsciencethepublic, 1954, nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory, smithsonianwomenscommittee, couple, scientists, working, paleontology, fossils, desk, lamp, papers, specimencabinets, window, telephone, arthurcooper, josephinecooper, paleontologist, workplace, organization, clutter, blackandwhite, office, history, man, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2009, 20thcenturymid, government
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• Interior of a Trans World Airline (TWA) Skymaster

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  • 3 comments
  • 13 favorites
  • 30,441 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:38:16
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airmail, usps, skymaster, interior, aircraft, sortingmail, transworldairlines, twa, airplane, flyingpostoffice, americanairlines, 1946, wwii, douglasaircraft, dc4, c54, sortingairmailonboardskymaster, postalservice, mail, bins, work, douglasdc4, douglas, dac, post, mailmen, mailroom, history, blackandwhite, organization, mailboxes, workers, postoffice, postalworkers, letters, douglasc54skymaster, douglasc54, douglasskymaster, douglasaircraftcompany, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Eleanor Plunkette Brown (b. 1887)

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  • 2 comments
  • 3 favorites
  • 25,888 views
  • Date taken: 2009-03-13 15:27:21
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, womensday, eleanorplunkettebrown, societyforthepreventionofblindness, nationalhealthcouncil, eleanor, brown, merril, blind, history, womenleader, woman, portrait, oval, 1930s, retrato, face, female, blackandwhite, awareness, prevention, eleanorplunkettebrownsocietyofthe, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2009, medicine, 20thcenturymid, private
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• Rural Free Delivery Carrier and Wagon

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  • 2 comments
  • 15 favorites
  • 25,053 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:43:01
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ruralfreedelivery, usps, wagon, horse, ruralfreedeliverycarriers, mailwagons, horses, history, mailfreight, uspostalservic, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Untitled

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  • 2 comments
  • 20 favorites
  • 20,354 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-16 10:31:21
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, moon, eclipse, cyanotype, photographic, history, collection, williamhenrydraper, solar, éclipse, soleil, sun, solareclipse, lunarcraters, graphs, informationvisualization, infographic, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 2 comments
  • 10 favorites
  • 18,742 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-15 14:06:30
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sandwichislands, hawaii, history, feathercloak, kekuaokalani, chief, kamehmehaiii, captainjhaulick, yellowfeathers, 1819, cloak, smillie, thomassmillie, photoarchive, document, hanfer, written, writing, cursivewriting, feat, yhomassmilie, photocopy, smithsonianhist, nativeamerican, prince, king, thisfeatherclo, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• St. Louis, Missouri Mail Streetcar

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  • 19 favorites
  • 18,091 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:28:59
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, streetcar, unitedstatesrailwaypostoffice, missouri, postoffice, usrailwaypostalservice, 19thcenturycablecar, railway, blackandwhite, train, unitedstatespostoffice, car, traincar, men, railwatpostoffice, rail, mailman, usrailwaypostoffice, trolly, old, history, mailacrossthecommons, railwaymailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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• 2005 Powwow

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  • 1 comment
  • 9 favorites
  • 16,983 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-07 14:34:07
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-03
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, tribaldance, powwow, danceregalia, nativeamerican, feathers, ceremony, indian, dance, purple, americanindian, culture, history, 21stcentury, male, ritual, nationalmuseumoftheamericanindian
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• Portrait of Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), Medical Scientist and Physicist

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  • 4 favorites
  • 16,743 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:43
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, emilheinrichduboisreymond, portrait, medicalscientist, physicist, beard, doctor, historyofscience, dibner, sepia, man, president, drawing, photograph, old, history, aged, vintage, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1263765, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• 2005 Powwow

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  • 5 favorites
  • 16,696 views
  • Date taken: 2005-08-14 14:24:12
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, powwow, nativeamericans, regalia, tradition, moccasins, section505, fringe, red, hat, people, cross, blue, native, fatlady, nativeamerican, indians, aboriginal, woman, dress, history, costume, nationalmuseumoftheamericanindian
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• Francis Davis Millet

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  • 19 favorites
  • 15,019 views
  • Date uploaded: 2008-12-18
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, francisdavismillet, frankmillet, titanicvictims, harvardgraduates, gaylifestyle, worldscolumbianexpositions, spraypaint, artists, metropolitanmuseumofart, nationalgalleryofart, schoolofthemuseumoffineartsboston, archivesofamericanart, mattapoisettmassachusetts, painti, history, painting, mural, workers, artist, scaffolding, knees, bost, boat
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• The Ten

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  • 9 favorites
  • 14,679 views
  • Date taken: 2006-04-27 16:27:21
  • Date uploaded: 2008-08-25
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ten, men, portrait, groupportrait, tenamericanpainters, artists, painters, impressionism, newyork, boston, childehassam, jaldenweir, johnhenrytwachtman, frankwestonbenson, robertreid, willardmetcalf, edwardsimmons, josephdecamp, thomaswilmerdewing, edmundcharlestarbell, friends, groupoffriends, 1908, artistsociety, foundingfathers, tenhassamchasebensontarbellb, history, historicalphoto, archivesofamericanart
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• 2007 Powwow

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  • 14,465 views
  • Date taken: 2007-08-12 16:15:00
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, nativeamericandancer, indian, powwow, nativeamerican, 2007, nativeamericandancing, americanindian, costume, headdress, dancing, dance, authentic, warpaint, feathers, tribal, wardrobe, performance, repertoire, beadwork, dancer, festher, native, art, canada, usa, history, nationalmuseumoftheamericanindian
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• Untitled

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  • 13,921 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-20 12:45:22
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, cyanotype, sword, wreaths, exhibitcase, display, flowers, case, stand, history, histo, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Sphyraena barracuda, Juvenile (Great Barracuda)

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  • 10 favorites
  • 12,010 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-11 12:32:05
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-11
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, taxonomy:genus=sphyraena, taxonomy:species=barracuda, taxonomy:common=great, barraduda, taxonomy:binomial=sphyraena, barraduca, fish, barracuda, silver, grey, silverblue, pink, seethru, pinfish, ancient, beautiful, great, history, smuthsonian, yea, fishsilvergreatbarracuda, nationalmuseumofnationalhistory
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• Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Smithsonian Exhibit

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  • 10 favorites
  • 11,710 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:03:35
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, omaha, transmississippiandinternationalexposition, minerals, exhibits, shells, nautilus, transmississippiexposition, display, displaycase, pottery, blackandwhite, store, woodfloor, museum, exhibit, artifacts, history, antiques, antiquity, storage, curator, 1898, plates, dishes, mississippi, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 7 favorites
  • 9,646 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-16 10:30:47
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, archiveimages, unknownphotos, historicalimages, portraits, 4photos, mat, classic, oldphotos, collage, history, geneology, trompdoi, photographs, desk, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Power Machinery Hall, A & I Building

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  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:04:26
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, artsandindustriesbuilding, powermachineryhall, johnstevensmarineboiler, corlissbeampumpingengine, horizontalslidevalvesteamengine, johnstevensboatengine, machinery, blackwhite, bw, industrialobjectsexhibitedasart, industrialdesign, thepowermachineryhal, alargephotomuralof1400hpcorlissenginefromthecentennialexpositionin1876, acorlissbeampumpingengine, ahorizontalslidevalvesteamengine1864, history, everythibgspeaksinsuchasubtileway, museum, wheels, room, industry, industrial, industrialmachines, machines, boilers, engines, vintageengines, industrialhistory, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 2 favorites
  • 7,709 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-15 13:30:44
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, women, photoalbum, history, album, ovalportraits, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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