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    Sneak Peek: 5/25/2011

    • Date: May 25, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    What Does a Photograph Archivist Do?

    • Date: April 7, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Photo shoebox upset, by Stephen Cummings, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] I recently took a position as photograph archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and hope to be able to share through this blog some of the processes we are undertaking to make our photographic collections more useful and

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  5. 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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  7. Tractors gather in front of the U.S. Capitol, February

    Tractorcade

    • Date: February 21, 2012
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The story of the February 1979 Washington, DC tractor rally organized by the American Agriculture Movement to change agriculture policy.

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  9. Portrait of woman, standing in front of a backdrop, wearing a long dress with large sleeves.

    The Woman Behind the Camera

    • Date: March 28, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A closer look at Smithsonian's first woman photographer, Louisa Bernie Gallaher.

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  11. Backmark - William L. Price

    Baby Got Backmark: A Closer Look at Card Photograph Mounts

    • Date: May 6, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A look at the elaborate graphics photographers used to advertise their businesses on the backs of 19th century card mounted photographs.

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  13. Unlocking the Vault

    • Date: February 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.

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  15. Cover of OPA Negative Log

    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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  17. File cabinets filled with film in old cold storage space at NMAH. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Moving Day

    • Date: January 21, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: In November, Smithsonian Institution Archives moved over 3 million photographic negatives to a new state of the art facility at the Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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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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    Sneak Peek: 6/22/2011

    • Date: June 22, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Sneak Peek: 6/1/2011

    • Date: June 1, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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