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The Bigger Picture: Visual Archives and the Smithsonian

Susannah Wells

Susannah Wells

What do you do?

Serving as a “Wearer of Many Hats” for the Collections Care team, I primarily assisted with online outreach, the preservation needs of collections, and image fulfillment for the Archives.

Favorite spot in DC to recommend to visitors

It’s exclusive and perhaps a tad biased, but I have access to one of the most amazing views of the city: the rooftop of my condo building. You can see as far as the National Cathedral to the Washington Monument . . . breathtaking. Not to mention, an ideal spot on the Fourth of July!

Collection Favorites

Most recently, I have been enjoying the architectural drawings in Record Unit 92, Prints and Drawings, 1840-. Composed with magnificent detail, the drawings certainly appeal to the artist in me.

Blog Posts

6/26/2012 Flickr Commons: Summertime Set from the Field Book Project
5/2/2012 Introducing the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ New Flickr Photostream
4/12/2012 Let’s Play the Name Game: Identifying Women Scientists on the Flickr Commons
3/13/2012 Un-Locke the Mystery
5/17/2010 The man, the myth, the lens

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