Description: As Director of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative, I’m often asked what makes the Smithsonian photography collections interesting and unique. For me, the answer is less about size – although, the Smithsonian does have more than 13 million photographs of all types – than about function.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="295" caption="The Children's Room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, was created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley (1887-1906) as a natural history display area especially for children, c. 1901, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1927), Walcott is at a fossil quarry excavating the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada, c. 1910s - 1920s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Presentation of Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromes to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at the annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, December 8, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 21; Record Unit 371 Box 2,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Smithsonian Institution staff photographers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (l-r): Jeff Tinsley, Richard K. Hofmeister, Jeff Ploskonka and Dane Penland, 1986, James Wallace, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 5, Negative Number: 86-12516-3."][/caption]
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Guion S. Bluford poses with his spacesuit in the National Air and Space Museum for a Smithsonian public service announcement, May 21, 1984, by Kim Nielsen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder July 1984, Negative number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Exhibit in Smithsonian Air and Space Building, South Yard, 1974, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 41 Folder 21, Negative Number:74-6613."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Glass lantern slide of Roscrana in Glencoe, Illinois, 1930. The garden includes white tulips, blue forget-me-nots and allee of trees. Unidentified Photographer. Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Institution. "][/caption] In the 1960s, during the process of planning a kitchen remodel at its headquarters in New York
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion, by Watson Davis, July 1925, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091: Science Service, Records, 1902-1965, Accession number: SIA2008-1146."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Outdoor proceedings on July 20, 1925, showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, by Watson Davis, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091: Science Service, Records, 1902-1965, Accession number: SIA2007-0124."][/caption]
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