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The stage is set. Enter Martha Levinson, a character described as rich, crass and brassy.
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Amy Henderson
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The idyllic scenes of the dreamy holiday tune were painted by a Russian Jewish immigrant named Israel Baline, better known as Irving Berlin
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Artist Everett Raymond Kinstler's portrait of the legendary performer Christopher Plummer joins the collection as Kinstler is honored in New York City
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The beloved actress takes to the stage as a witty Molly Ivins just in time for election season
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It was Diana Vreeland, whose skill, imagination and discipline, defined the job of a modern fashion editor
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A look back at the most-trusted man in news
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Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson reflects on the Gallery's Olympian collection
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Smithsonian Folkways honors the blind folk musician who died yesterday at the age of 89
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For generations immersed in social media, culture means a different thing than it did in 1940
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Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson discusses Louis Armstrong and the meaning of stardom
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A curator tells of 19th-century American socialites, who like Cora Crowley, found noble husbands and flushed Britain with cash
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The Portrait Gallery's Cultural Historian Amy Henderson discusses the museum's vision—to tell America's stories as "visual biography"
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In a new book of poetry, a Smithsonian scholar renders his thoughts on family, nature, celebrity and anonymity
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The Smithsonian enters a new era of expansion—on the Web
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Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the world's greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers
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The Star Spangled Banner and John Glenn's spacesuit were clearly musts. Other artifacts are less obvious
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