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Past 80s meets future 80s in @virgilortiz’s Revolt 1680/2180. The piece depicts a saga in the year 2180 informed by the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. #Archives80s #ArchivesHashtagParty pic.twitter.com/5EoK7E5Hny
— The Autry (@TheAutry) August 8, 2018
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Tacoma's first electric street lights were lit on Pacific Avenue on Dec. 26, 1887. #Archives80s #TacomaHistory
— Job Carr Cabin Mus (@JobCarrCabin) August 8, 2018
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Today you may use your cell phone to take photographs, but in the #1980s handheld cameras were the thing to use. #Archives80s #PresidentReagan #NancyReagan pic.twitter.com/Xcjrxem1Cc
— RonaldReaganLibrary (@Reagan_Library) August 8, 2018
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When your mom has the spaghetti #inspiration #Archives80s #CryPrettyTour360 #MissionImpossible #SmashBrosUltimate #DisneysNutcracker pic.twitter.com/fGY3PmJiiS
— Sebastian (@sebsoggydick3) August 8, 2018
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.@cspanhistory has the greatest throwbacks of all time. Of all time.
— C-SPAN Radio (@cspanradio) August 8, 2018
Check out this one, where Walter Mondale tells fellow presidential candidate; "When I hear your new ideas, I'm reminded of that ad, 'Where's the beef?'" #Archives80spic.twitter.com/9mqfghwEgK
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Thanks in part to orgs like ACT-UP, the time between the first demonstration that AZT was active against HIV and its approval was 25 months, the shortest period of drug development in recent history. #ArchivesHashtagParty #Archives80s #StoriesofScience https://t.co/AQwzutUhjB pic.twitter.com/T6cuxmIZnG
— Science History Institute (@SciHistoryOrg) August 8, 2018
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Main Street, Disneyland 1980#Archives80s pic.twitter.com/qaYScDNAS0
— Radio Justice 📻🎙 (@justiceputnam) August 8, 2018
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Thanks for joining us today for the August #ArchivesHashtagParty celebrating #Archives80s. Hope you enjoyed learning more about #txstUnivHistory with us!
— Univ Archives (txst) (@UnivArchives) August 8, 2018
Join us next month for another #ArchivesHashtagParty! pic.twitter.com/deA6GENPhA
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Grandin mall interior, May 1981. Photograph by Victor post. #ArchivesTwitterParty #Archives80s #StAlbert #Yeg pic.twitter.com/UFWbxMJ29G
— Arts and Heritage (@ArtsandHeritage) August 8, 2018
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As this #ArchivesHashtagParty comes to a close, we want to wish everyone in the museum world the same sentiments as this cream ware mug from 1782: “Good health to relatives and distant friends.” #Archives80s #MuseumLife pic.twitter.com/eqhpxYXSPW
— OldSturbridgeVillage (@oldsturbridge) August 8, 2018
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The first passenger train over the Cascade switchback from St Paul, MN arrived in Tacoma on 6/6/1887. #Archives80s #ArchivesHashtagParty pic.twitter.com/L8c5PzW7VO
— Job Carr Cabin Mus (@JobCarrCabin) August 8, 2018
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The '80s were an auspicious time for the Autry Museum - November 21, 1988 was our grand opening night! This guest book includes an invitation to the event and pages and pages of signatures and greetings from the attendees. #ArchivesHashtagParty #Archives80s pic.twitter.com/kK66lUwKVD
— LA_Autry (@LA_autry) August 8, 2018
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Ahhh... Devon had one of the Cabbage Patch dolls. Who remembers all of the parents trying to be cheap and sewing knock-offs. She had one of those too! Where did they get the patterns before Pinterest? #Archives80s #ArchivesHashtagParty https://t.co/TcgfLvO5Wv
— FamilyHistoryFanatics (@FHFanatics) August 8, 2018
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Thanks for joining us for #Archives80s! We’ll leave you with the words of “Abraham Lincoln” in 1989: “Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!” #Archives80s #BillAndTed pic.twitter.com/0oJDxPH2dK
— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) August 8, 2018
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The 1880s were a hot time for #patents! In January of 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his “Electric Lamp," and in November of 1882, he patented his "Incandescing Electric Lamp," seen here. https://t.co/61gBPHXDk3 #archives80s pic.twitter.com/St6xqSJpEq
— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) August 8, 2018
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Peak gift-giving may have been reached in 1884 when France gave the United States a statue of a woman over 111 feet tall. Here's the original deed of gift: https://t.co/GClfhfrvXv #Archives80s pic.twitter.com/9sWN3948Kn
— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) August 8, 2018
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#Archives80s? You mean the 1780s?
— National Museum of American History (@amhistorymuseum) August 8, 2018
In the 1700s, Americans established humane societies, not to save animals, but to encourage people to save others from drowning.
You read that right. Discover how these philanthropists made life-saving a priority. https://t.co/QfQ3dZObkJ
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#Archives80s Mrs. Bush shakes hands with Prince William at the Winfield House in London, England.
— Bush Library (@Bush41Library) August 8, 2018
17 July 1991
Photo Credit: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum pic.twitter.com/A0PpQmAyrK
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In 1985, Vince and Larry, crash test dummies, began starring in an award-winning PSA campaign about auto safety. #Archives80s https://t.co/UxcOjDP4w9 pic.twitter.com/6iJY7TLtf9
— National Museum of American History (@amhistorymuseum) August 8, 2018
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The Roosevelt family Bible was printed in Amsterdam in 1686. #FDR took the oath of office on this leather bound #Bible at all four of his inaugurations. Family birth and death records are handwritten on the endpapers #Archives80s #ArchivesHashtagParty pic.twitter.com/JfbBXHjuBQ
— FDR Library (@FDRLibrary) August 8, 2018
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