Photography

The millions of photographs in the Museum's collections compose a vast mosaic of the nation's history. Photographs accompany most artifact collections. Thousands of images document engineering projects, for example, and more record the steel, petroleum, and railroad industries.

Some 150,000 images capture the history, art, and science of photography. Nineteenth-century photography, from its initial development by W. H. F. Talbot and Louis Daguerre, is especially well represented and includes cased images, paper photographs, and apparatus. Glass stereographs and news-service negatives by the Underwood & Underwood firm document life in America between the 1890s and the 1930s. The history of amateur photography and photojournalism are preserved here, along with the work of 20th-century masters such as Richard Avedon and Edward Weston. Thousands of cameras and other equipment represent the technical and business side of the field.

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before 1945
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2013.0327.0433
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2013.0327.0433
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2013.0327
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1978-11
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Leipzig, Arthur
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2019.0272.0010
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2019.0272
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2019.0272.0010
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0423
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2013.0327.0423
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0424
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2013.0327.0424
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0428
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2013.0327.0428
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0429
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2013.0327.0429
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0419
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2013.0327.0419
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0436
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2013.0327.0436
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0422
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2013.0327.0422
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0415
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2013.0327.0415
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0425
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2013.0327.0425
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0434
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2013.0327.0434
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0414
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2013.0327.0414
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0421
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2013.0327.0421
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0418
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2013.0327.0418
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2013.0327
Album of photographs taken by Harry A. Spencer during his tour of service in the United States Army during World War I. The album has a black leather cover stamped with the word "Photographs" that has separated from the spine.
Description
Album of photographs taken by Harry A. Spencer during his tour of service in the United States Army during World War I. The album has a black leather cover stamped with the word "Photographs" that has separated from the spine. A gelatin silver photograph of a piece of artillery is attached to the front below the title. The album is composed of fifty black paper pages on which silver gelatin photographs have been mounted with hand-written captions beneath. The pages are tied together near the spine with a black woven shoelace. The album details Spencer's life while he served in the military during the war, including his time at Camp Greene in North Carolina, and travels through Memphis, Tennessee, New York City, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Colorado. See accession file for reference reproduction of Spencer's album created by the donor, Spencer's grand-daughter Kathi Wong.
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1918-1919
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2009.0129.01
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2009.0129
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2009.0129.01
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0420
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2013.0327.0420
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0435
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2013.0327.0435
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0437
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2013.0327.0437
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0417
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2013.0327.0417
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0426
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2013.0327.0426
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0432
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2013.0327.0432
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2013.0327
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before 1945
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2013.0327.0416
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2013.0327.0416
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2013.0327
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ca 1945
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2013.0327.0427
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2013.0327.0427
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2013.0327

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