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    1. Portrait of Thomas William Smillie

      Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection

      • Date: July 14, 2016
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!

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      Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection

      • Date: September 19, 2013
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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      Highlighting Reference Services on the New Archives Website

      • Date: September 27, 2011
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Our Other, Photographic Selves

      • Date: March 25, 2010
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ralph Waldo Emerson, between 1860 and 1870, by J. W. Black & Co., Photographic print on carte-de-visite mount, Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer family papers, 1851-1999 bulk 1881-1950, Archives of American Art, Digital ID: 5677. "][/caption] From the beginning, photography upset conventional ideas about the relationship

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      Photographic Opportunity

      • Date: December 10, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="172" caption="The Steiner Ambrotype, June 18, 1857, by Unidentified photographer, Ambrotype, National Air and Space Museum, Image ID: 2001-5358. "] [/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="190" caption="First Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 24, 1950, by U.S. Air Force, Gelatin silver print, National Air and Space

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      Women in the Office of Protection Services

      • Date: March 12, 2019
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: In 1974, women joined the Smithsonian security force and they have been rising through the ranks ever since.

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      Avatar. A Photographic Game-Changer?

      • Date: January 20, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: A few days ago, I went to an IMAX 3D showing of Avatar to see for myself if the movie is a “game-changer,” as many have suggested. And, it is, but in a way no one seems to be focusing on—the way it acknowledges and exploits photography’s power to shape both everyday and alternate realities. What struck me, as soon as the movie started, was how sophisticated the film’s

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      The Smithsonian's First Photographer

      • Date: May 14, 2009
      • Description: Vernacular photography is the latest type of photography to be discovered by museums. Postcards, collected by Walker Evans (but still, postcards), have just been exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a tintype exhibition just closed at the International Center of Photography in New York, another exhibit of snapshots was seen at the National Gallery of Art.

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    17. Five CDs and a color card against a black background.

      Glaring Discs: Photographic Condition Documentation of Reflective Surfaces

      • Date: March 19, 2020
      • Description: The challenges of imaging the shiny surfaces of optical discs including CDs and DVDs.

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      Scantastic: Scanning Archival Images to Make Them More Useful

      • Date: May 24, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    21. Someone out of frame hands McCaffrey a piece of paper. She is seated at her desk, which appears organized. In front of McCaffrey is a box with a paper on it that reads: “If you’re ever blue about what others do, look at them and say to yourself I’m glad I’m not like you.”

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Ellen McCaffrey

      • Date: August 17, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Mary Ellen McCaffrey was a powerhouse with the Smithsonian’s Office of Printing and Photographic Services from 1972 until her retirement in 1995. As production control officer, she ensured that the photo orders submitted to the office were processed and completed. Sometimes, those jobs meant the office was required to make reproduction negatives. In other instances, staff

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      New Feature! Sneak Peek

      • Date: May 18, 2011
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_13094" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Jefferson Memorial Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin, 1983, by Jeff Tinsley, Color slide, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative Number 83-4105."][/caption] Today, we’re starting a new weekly feature that highlights images from the Archives’ historic Smithsonian Photographic Services collection.

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