Photography - Overview
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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Sen. John F. Kennedy campaigns with his wife in Boston
- Description
- Before taking up residency in Moscow in 1959, Mydans was photographing another political campaign. Democrat John F. Kennedy served three terms in the House of Representatives, and in 1952 was elected to the U.S. Senate. Soon after being elected senator, Kennedy, age 36, married 24-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier, a reporter with the Washington Times-Herald. Later, in 1956, he was almost selected to run for Vice President. Kennedy, however, decided that he would run for President in the next election. He began working very long hours and traveling around the United States on weekends. On July 13, 1960, the Democratic Party nominated him as its candidate for President.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1958
- maker
- Mydans, Carl
- ID Number
- 2005.0228.149
- accession number
- 2005.0228
- catalog number
- 2005.0228.149
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Khrushchev visits Hollywood
- Description
- In 1959 Mydans photographed Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his visit to the United States. During his stay, Khrushchev visited the Twentieth Century Fox studios during the filming of the movie Can-Can. Khrushchev came on the set with his wife, bodyguards, politicians, U.S. officials, and studio heads who ordered the dancers to perform an entire can-can number for the elite guests.
- The film, starring Shirley MacLaine, received worldwide publicity because of Khrushchev's visit. The next day's newspapers carried an interesting quote from him. When asked what he thought of Can-Can, he replied, "The face of humanity is prettier than its backside."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1959
- photographer
- Mydans, Carl
- ID Number
- 2005.0228.154
- accession number
- 2005.0228
- catalog number
- 2005.0228.154
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- No Image Available
Henry Booth Collection, 1942-1974
- Notes
- Textile mogul Henry Booth was the grandson of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
- Summary
- Collection focuses primarily on the PhotoMetric custom tailoring system. It consists of advertisements, brochures, photographs, glass slides, a 16mm film, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, an operating manual, scrapbooks, magazines, and a guest register
- Cite as
- Henry Booth Collection, 1942-1974, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1942
- 1942-1974
- 1940-1990
- 1920-2000
- 20th century
- 1940-2000
- 1950-2000
- collector
- Booth, Henry 1895-1969
- donor
- Booth, Robert
- Subject
- Booth, Virginia
- Eastman Kodak Co
- PhotoMetric Corporation
- Hillandale Handweavers
- Hillandale Farms
- Amalgamated Textiles Limited
- Richard Bennett Associates, Inc
- Local number
- 2000.3016 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Bracero Standing for Photographs
- Description
- Photograph: A bracero stands for identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.01
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Braceros Receiving Identification Photographs
- Description
- Photograph: Braceros receive their identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.02
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Braceros Receiving Identification Photographs
- Description
- Photograph: Braceros receive their identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.03
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Bracero Getting an X-ray
- Description
- Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.05
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.05
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Bracero Getting an X-ray
- Description
- Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.06
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.06
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Bracero Getting an X-ray
- Description
- Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.07
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.07
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Bracero Getting an X-ray
- Description
- Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date photographed
- 1956
- photographer
- Nadel, Leonard
- ID Number
- 2004.0138.02.08
- accession number
- 2004.0138
- catalog number
- 2004.0138.02.08
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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