Results for "Color"
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In Living Color
- Date: January 12, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_4178" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Levi Hill often photographed color lithographic prints, mostly European images, when attempting to perfect his Hillotype color process. This print of a girl and small animal shows his achievement in capturing natural colors on a daguerreotype plate, circa 1851-56."][/caption] Excepting the 8% of males and
Color Our Collections 2021
- Date: February 4, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Stuck inside and looking for a fun activity? Color the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections!
Color our Collections
- Date: October 22, 2020
- Description: Grab your colored pencils. It’s National Color Day!
Color History with the Smithsonian Recap!
- Date: April 5, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, over 30 volunteers showed up at the National Museum of the American Indian to write minority women into digital history during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in honor of Women's History Month. On the to-do list were artists, educators, activists, Smithsonian employees, the first Chinese-American female dentist, and the African-American woman who
True Colors
- Date: November 21, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Contrasting black and white with color photography by Smithsonian Institution photographers.
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Colors of photography – digital conservation on faded prints
- Date: December 18, 2018
- Creator: Charles Zange
- Description: A few attempts to roll back the color shift on faded prints from 1955
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Photography's Colorful Past
- Date: January 14, 2010
- Description: [caption id="attachment_4168" align="aligncenter" width="261" caption="Albumen portrait of the Reverend Levi L. Hill, Baptist minister and early daguerreotypist, West Kill, New York and New York City, b. 1816-d. February 9, 1865. Inscription on reverse, “Levi L. Hill, Died February 9, 1865, He is Asleep in Heaven.”"][/caption] Just when we think that we must have at last
Remembering Autochrome
- Date: November 20, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The Autochrome color photography process is highlighted and explained.
Celebrate #ColorOurCollections
- Date: February 4, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Bring your eye for design and celebrate Color Our Collections!
Link Love: 11/10/2017
- Date: November 10, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, Washington D.C & American history.
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
- Date: June 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1433" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="Outdated kodachrome '73, '79, '83, by Goodimages."][/caption] Recently, Kodak announced it was discontinuing production of Kodachrome products. Known for its vibrant color, Kodachrome, was a child of the Depression, a process invented by two musicians—violinist Leopold Godowski Jr. and pianist Leopold
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#InspireHer: Museum Day Live!
- Date: March 3, 2016
- Creator: Anne Van Camp
- Description: This is Women’s History Month and the Smithsonian Institution is making History for Women! On March 12, a special edition of Museum Day Live! will feature amazing programs and activities designed to inspire women and girls of color.