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Amanda Garfunkel
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Archivist. Reader. Cat enthusiast. Melancholy vibes. Lurker. New York
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Settling and coming out of her shell
A cat sits on a cat tower in front of a window and looks at the camera A young tortie/tabby cat lays on her side and looks upside down at the camera A small tortie/tabby cat on a carpet and looks at the camera
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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We’re getting movement 😻
A dilute tortie cat pokes her head out from underneath a bed. There is a full bowl of dry food in front of her.
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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There’s a nest of peregrine falcons we can see from a window at MPOW - today was the first sighting of the baby! You can vaguely see the last bits of baby white feathers by its legs!
A juvenile peregrine falcon sitting on a wood beam coming out of a tall building.
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Long weekend in Boston was much needed and the kick off to a busy summer
Photo of a table at an oyster house. The table has a tray of oysters, plate of anchovies, bread, and glasses of wine. Photo of seven lanes at candle pin bowling. The banner across the time reads “Brighton Bowl” and the ball return is visible on the left side. Photo of two cannolis - one regular with pistachios and one chocolate with chocolate chips
May 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Here is a Lego of Mae Jemison who - among many other accomplishments - was the first Black woman to go to Space. #SomethingSmall #Archive30
A small Lego standing on a wooden table. The Lego is of Mae Jemison and she’s wearing an orange space suit
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Patient menus from July 1950
#ArchiveFoodAndDrink #Archive30
A book page with three columns listing out food available for patient for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Picture of an undated enema syringe- not visible is the commemorative engraving #UnusualArchives #Archive30
Photo of an old enema string sitting on a wooden table with a 12 inch ruler next to it for scale. The syringe is approximately 17 inches long, made of a silvery medal, with a wooden knob on one end.
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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PSA on the ever changing technology needs in archives to keep up with changing formats coming into collections #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
Photo of a small box containing various kinds of legacy media including floppy disks, Zip disks, optical disks, and thumb drives
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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A photo of my cardigan collection (standard library and archives uniform) for #ArchiveFashion #Archive30
Picture of cardigans on hangers in a closet. There are various colors and patterns.
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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For #HiddenHistories of #Archives30 I highlighted the work we’ve been doing to make sure we don’t have hidden materials in our collections - along with an obligatory stacks photo
Photo with a view looking down the aisle between archival shelving. A variety of materials are visible on the shelves including boxes and books
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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There’s not a lot of animals in our archive, but one of our windows does give us a view of peregrine falcons #Archives30 #ArchiveAnimals
View of a peregrine falcon staring at the camera while sitting on a piece of wood. The wood sticks out from the 24th floor of a building in NYC.
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today for #SomethingBig is a poster advertising Dr Papanicolaou’s (inventor of the Pap smear) commemorative stamp #Archives30
Large yellow poster with a image of Dr Pap looking pensive with smaller images of women holding children, a microscope, and stamp
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Here’s an architectural drawing of the medical center for #ArchivesPlan #Archives30
Architectural drawing of a medical center built between 1929-1932
April 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Watercolor of the medical center building for #ColourfulArchives #Archive30
Dark watercolor with minor water damage of a medical center building
April 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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I can’t post video but here’s a screenshot of a VHS digitization I recently set up for #SoundAndVision #Archive30
Picture of a laptop with the BlackMagic software visible on the screen. The preview window shows a blue screen with a white “play” symbol
April 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I currently work at a small medical archive that documents the history of one of the oldest hospitals in the country and a prominent medical school. I have materials from 1771 through the present. #Archive30 #YourArchive
A photo looking down the hallway in the storage area of an archive. The shelves have grey and brown archival boxes on them.
April 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I can see peregrine falcons from a window at work. They’re eyesight is so good it’s nearly impossible to see them without them seeing you, so I have dozens of pictures of them but they all look like this 👇
Picture of an adult peregrine falcon sitting in a piece of wood and giving a death stare to the camera.
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I made box cookies so no one gets sick but please admire my original entry
Tupperware filled with white chocolate raspberry cheesecake bars with an Oreo crust
February 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Please enjoy a picture of delicious churros
A plate of many churros from SanGines in Madrid under a weirdly specific spotlight that lit the table. Two cups of hot dipping chocolate flank the plate of churros at the ready to bf delicious.
January 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Here’s Monkey, one of the cats up for adoption that we are trying to coax out of the crate
Grey tabby cat looking out of a cat carrier. His name is Monkey, and he was a snuggly if shy gentleman waiting for a forever home.
January 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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I also love that I can see what a hard month November was 😆
January 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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StoryGraph round up for 2024!
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Sandtarts are done! Also not pictured are the peanut butter blossoms I made two weeks ago because I had a craving
A cooling rack full of Christmas themed sandtart cookies topped either cinnamon and sprinkles
December 25, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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I present a baked Brie with orange honey - the sole thing I was looking forward to today was sitting on the couch with a heated blanket eating cheese
A baked Brie round with cross cuts surrounded by crackers. There’s also orange honey on one side of the Brie wheel
December 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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Lemon crinkle cookies that will probably get an extra dusting of powdered sugar to be ✨festive✨
Lemon crinkle cookies on a cooling rack
December 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM