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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Rural Letter Carrier in Sleigh

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  • 12 older comments, and then…
  • Polite Effect said:
    very nice work
  • Steep Spark said:
    Sure hope he has a hot water bottle to sit with...Merry Christmas indeed!
  • hobvias sudoneighm said:
    This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Delivering the Mail

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  • change your name said:
    good
  • allr1 said:
    Amazing how far we have come. Email what?

Sophie Lutterlough at a Microscope, 1983

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  • jamica1 said:
    Is "inspect preparator" correct or is "insect" meant?
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Gut gemacht
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • Steve Arena said:
    Great subject and photo! Congrats on Explore!

Bob Bartlett and local inhabitant aboard ship during Bartlett's Arctic Expedition, 1933

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  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Mark Faviell said:
    the laughter needs no translation
  • Jimmy McCullough said:
    oh my, this is so great!
  • hysterical sail said:
    Brilliant.
  • Scott said:
    Very nice work !
  • Pick N said:
    So funny..

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