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Archive for 'Photographs'Tell Us What You Think!How do you like to get your news and information from the National Archives? Do you have access to what you need? How can we serve you better? Tell us what you think! Take this 10-minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/naraexternal The survey will be available until midnight, December 6. Thank you! * Update! The survey will now be [...] Posted by Meredith D. (admin) on December 5, 2012, under Online Research, Photographs, Questions, Research. The Fourth on Foursquare!This post was written by Ryan Butler, a student intern with the Social Media Team at the National Archives. “Photograph of fireworks going off in the night sky by the Washington Monument, during ceremonies celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence., 07/04/1951.” ARC ID 200339 Summer is upon us and Americans across the nation are [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on June 29, 2012, under Events, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). National Archives at Kansas City hosts WikipediansToday’s post comes from National Archives at Kansas City staff members, Archivist Elizabeth Burnes and Exhibit Specialist Dee Harris. Photograph, Improvement Missouri River in Vicinity of Glasgow, MO, August 1881. RG 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Omaha District. (National Archives at Kansas City) The National Archives at Kansas City welcomed [...] Posted by Dominic on June 25, 2012, under Digitization, Education, Events, Open Government, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0), Wikipedian in Residence. Taking the Streets in Chicago: The 1968 Democratic National Convention on HistorypinToday’s post comes from Kristina Maldre, Education Specialist at the National Archives at Chicago. Protestors are planning numerous demonstrations for this week, when world leaders will gather in Chicago for the 2012 NATO Summit. But assembling in the streets of the Windy City to oppose governmental policies is nothing new. This past year the Occupy [...] Posted by Meredith D. (admin) on May 17, 2012, under NARA Coast to Coast, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). New Documerica set on FlickrIn honor of Earth Day, we have added a great new set of photographs from the Documerica collection to Flickr. Boyd Norton, a photographer who is still greatly involved with nature photography, took photos of the National Parks in the southwest, and documented solar energy projects in Arizona and strip mining in Montana as a [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 24, 2012, under Digitization, Education, Online Research, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). Pitch In on Earth Day!Every April 22nd, people around the world celebrate Earth Day, a coordinated event to bring awareness and show appreciation for the earth’s natural beauty and resources. Earth Day had a really big kickoff in US during the early 1970s as a way to teach others about issues that threatened our environment. It is no coincidence [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 22, 2012, under Events, Online Research, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). Environment in a Day from the EPAThe National Archives and the Environmental Protection Agency have been working together to bring awareness to the 1970s Documerica photo collection. The EPA’s State of the Environment project on Flickr asks people to upload their environmental photos to a group as a Documerica for the current generation. This guest post is a reblog of a [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 20, 2012, under Events, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). Finding FDR in the Brooklyn Navy Yard: An example of “One NARA” at work.Today’s post comes from Michael Horsley, a Digital Imaging Specialist with the Digitization Services Team. During a long day of scanning glass plate negatives in the Digital Image lab a fleeting image with an intriguing caption caught my eye during a quality control inspection session. As hundreds of images depicting various scenes of the Brooklyn [...] Posted by Kristen (admin) on March 8, 2012, under Digitization, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Preservation, Techniques. Putting Women on the Map: New Women’s History Collections on HistorypinToday’s post comes from Stephanie Greenhut, Education Technology Specialist, in the Education and Public Programs division. March is Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we’ve created four new collections focusing on women of the past in the National Archives’ profile on Historypin. We began partnering with Historypin back in November, and have since been pinning historic [...] Posted by Kristen (admin) on March 7, 2012, under DC-area Researchers, Digitization, Education, Miscellaneous, Online Research, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). Document Your Environment Contest Winners!Back in November, the National Archives, with the help of the Environmental Protection Agency, launched a new contest that asked students to create something inspired by one of our Documerica photos. This contest, Document Your Environment, brought in so many creative interpretations of the original 1970s photos! From videos to paintings and Photoshop creations to [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on February 16, 2012, under Contests, Education, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). |
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