Guide to Photographic Collections at the Smithsonian Institution, Vol. 3

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The third of the five volumes planned to document the Smithsonian's vast holdings of still photographs encompasses those held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Freer Gallery of Art, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of African Art, National Museum of American Art, National Portrait Gallery, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the Office of Horticulture--a total of seven art bureaus and one office, holding some 3.5 million photographs in 180 collections. Each institution is profiled and its collections are described, with information on scope, focus, photographic processes and formats represented, access and usage policies, and publication policies. Indexed by creator, forms and processes, and subject. Includes a sampling of photographic treasures. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


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The third of the five volumes planned to document the Smithsonian's vast holdings of still photographs encompasses those held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Freer Gallery of Art, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of African Art, National Museum of American Art, National Portrait Gallery, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the Office of Horticulture--a total of seven art bureaus and one office, holding some 3.5 million photographs in 180 collections. Each institution is profiled and its collections are described, with information on scope, focus, photographic processes and formats represented, access and usage policies, and publication policies. Indexed by creator, forms and processes, and subject. Includes a sampling of photographic treasures. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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