Smithsonian Institution

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Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution! The Smithsonian is happy to join the Flickr community. We look forward to your tags, comments, and general participation in this new venture. We will be adding more photos on a regular basis and hope you will often return to visit us. The Smithsonian and Photography Photography predates the founding of the Smithsonian by just a few years. The introduction of various photographic processes in the 1830s culminated in the development of the daguerreotype in 1839. From its founding in 1846, the Smithsonian adopted the camera to advance its mission, cataloging plant and animal species and documenting the grandeur of the American landscape and the continent’s original inhabitants. Photography brought the faraway near and made visible the previously invisible. Many of our photographs also serve as a historical record of the growth of the Institution.

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Unnumbered Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing

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  • Standel said:
    Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)?

Mr. F. Jackson

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  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Nicely captured photo
  • Ian Betley said:
    Congrats on Explore! ❤📷❤ great image! regards.

Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 280

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  • Standel said:
    Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis viridis)?

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