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The Bigger Picture: Visual Archives and the Smithsonian

New Feature! Sneak Peek

by Marguerite Roby on May 18, 2011

Jefferson Memorial Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin, 1983, by Jeff Tinsley, Color slide, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative Number 83-4105.

Today, we’re starting a new weekly feature that highlights images from the Archives’ historic Smithsonian Photographic Services collection. The rich content available in it, which includes images made by Smithsonian staff photographers, demonstrates the incredible diversity of collections and activities across our museums and research centers and also documents a variety of events that have taken place in Washington, DC over the years. These images not only span the entire history of the Institution, but represent the changing culture of the Smithsonian over time. In the photographs we’ll present, you’ll see people, places, events, exhibits, and a baby animal or two along the way for good measure.

Normally, when we feature images from our collections, they link back to complete, cataloged records. But in this new feature, we’ll be  taking a slightly different approach  and publishing interesting images  on the blog before we work up more robust catalog entries for them. This will allow us to give you a sneak peek at  what we’re working on as we digitize it, and before images  go through our comprehensive cataloging process.

Enjoy!

 

Categories: Collections in Focus
Tags: American History, Archive, Photo History, Digitization, Sneak Peek
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Marguerite Roby

Hi Arrica, There are wonderful memorials and monuments in the area, all within close proximity of each other. I hope you get a chance to visit one day! Thanks for reading!

Marguerite Roby May 20, 2011 at 8:49 am
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Arrica Lee

I have read about the Jefferson Memorial lately. It would be great if I have a chance to explore it in the future. ;)

Arrica Lee May 20, 2011 at 4:45 am
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