The customer and shoe salesman (and a child’s parent) could then look into viewing ports and see the position of the bones of the feet within the outline of the shoe.
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The Story of the Cincinnati Tablet
The Cincinnati Tablet, approx. 1,200 years old, was discovered during 19th-century construction in downtown Cincinnati.
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From the Card Catalog to the Internet
The challenge facing me and my team is to fit older collections into these new standards and to get them online so researchers can see that we have them.
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A Museum Without Walls: Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Now Online
Accessing information has traditionally been done through contact with curatorial staff or in-person visits to collections, until now.
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Lionel Hampton at Cincinnati’s Regal Theater
Lionel Hampton, renowned jazz musician and bandleader, known for his work on the vibraphone, piano, and drums, appeared at Cincinnati’s Regal Theater on Saturday, August 18, 1956.
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Egypt’s Most-Searched Questions
Museums answer questions. But who’s asking? One place that’s full of questions is Google. In Most-Searched Questions, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to answer some of the most interesting questions the world has ever asked Google.
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A Museum Without Walls: Technical Aspects
In an earlier post, we announced the sharing of over 60,000 of Museum Center’s Invertebrate Paleontology records to the global iDigBio website and explained how this benefits the scientific community. But, how does this actually happen? What steps are involved to place our records on an international research platform?
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Programs From the Original Cincinnati Bengals
The original Cincinnati Bengals professional football team was established as part of the American Football League in 1937. The AFL folded after the 1937 season, so the Bengals continued as an independent team until the formation of a new AFL in 1939.
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The Fight for the Vote
For many years, women in this country were denied even the most basic constitutional rights. They could not speak publically, sign contracts, gain a formal education, successfully own property separate from husbands or fathers or retain custody of their own children.
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Collections 101: What’s a Collection? Does your collection have good provenance?
Museums and libraries collect materials in an effort to document human history and to learn more about the natural world. Museum Center acquires and preserves its collections of historically- or scientifically-important items as a public trust.
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