http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/tags/cyanotype/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:38 -0700 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:38 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2282/buddyicons/25053835@N03.jpg?1208548812#25053835@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/tags/cyanotype/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2677318394/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2677318394/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3226/2677318394_5d47191bb1_m.jpg" width="193" height="240" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_065</p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:38 -0700 2005-06-15T14:24:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2677318394 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_065</p> Smithsonian Institution shirt vintage uniform dress buttons cyan cyanotype smithsonianinstitution periodclothing oldshirt butto thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives bluetinteddress http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2583290699/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2583290699/" title="Pan-American Exposition, Buildings at Night"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3162/2583290699_5a78e9717a_m.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="Pan-American Exposition, Buildings at Night" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: At the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, a view of several of the buildings and structures lit up at night. The photograph was taken from a window or balcony of one of the buildings. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Unidentified photographer<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Dimensions</b>: 8 in x 10 in<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1901<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: 2002-12198</p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:19:29 -0700 2008-05-23T15:03:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2583290699 Pan-American Exposition, Buildings at Night <p><b>Description</b>: At the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, a view of several of the buildings and structures lit up at night. The photograph was taken from a window or balcony of one of the buildings. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Unidentified photographer<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Dimensions</b>: 8 in x 10 in<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1901<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: 2002-12198</p> Smithsonian Institution old city nightphotography ny newyork night vintage buildings lights blackwhite buffalo long exposure nightshot illuminated retro exposition citylights electricity newyorkstate mckinley worldsfair nikolatesla cyanotype smithsonianinstitution nightpanorama illuminatedbuildings panamericanexposition 1901buffalonewyork http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575972672/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575972672/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3073/2575972672_41e978e93e_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_110</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:52:41 -0700 2005-06-16T10:38:04-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575972672 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_110</p> Smithsonian Institution hinge blue airplane table wings model wheels experiment american oldphoto meter glider ruler 1890 cyanotype lever smithsonianinstitution late19thcentury bluephoto thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives planeonwheels firstphotographer http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575970804/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575970804/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2575970804_f015c335f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Although Thomas Smillie, the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, used images to catalog much of the institution's physical object collection, he also extensively photographed pages of books on topics of personal interest to him as a way of copying the material for future use. Smillie also photographed letters and documents as a method of preserving the Smithsonian's records.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_106</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:51:48 -0700 2005-06-16T10:35:41-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575970804 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Although Thomas Smillie, the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, used images to catalog much of the institution's physical object collection, he also extensively photographed pages of books on topics of personal interest to him as a way of copying the material for future use. Smillie also photographed letters and documents as a method of preserving the Smithsonian's records.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_106</p> Smithsonian Institution blue photography scotland stamp congress envelope letter address handwritten stamped 1890 cyanotype postmark houseofrepresentatives smithsonianinstitution smillie late19thcentury smithsonianinstitutionarchives stampsacrossthecommons http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575971386/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575971386/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2379/2575971386_37f065be86_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff documented the institution's physical buildings and work spaces, including curators' offices, new museum buildings, exhibition installations, and the furniture used to store objects.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_107</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:52:04 -0700 2005-06-16T10:36:06-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575971386 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff documented the institution's physical buildings and work spaces, including curators' offices, new museum buildings, exhibition installations, and the furniture used to store objects.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_107</p> Smithsonian Institution empty room study primer cyanotype fotografía smithsonianinstitution cianotipo curador smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575971962/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575971962/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3035/2575971962_a7ef207f0d_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_109</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:52:20 -0700 2005-06-16T10:37:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575971962 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_109</p> Smithsonian Institution blue france archaeology standingstones 1890 cyanotype megalith carnac smithsonianinstitution smillie stonerows thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives cyanotypeculture http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575955096/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575955096/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3186/2575955096_37e2327a9b_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_100</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:01 -0700 2005-06-16T10:32:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575955096 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_100</p> Smithsonian Institution dog dogs vintage photographs oldphotos bwphotography cyanotype smithsonianinstitution picturesonwall wallofphotographs photographsonfabric earlyphotographyexhibition photographichistorycollection henrypeachrobinson smithsonianinstitutionarchives smilliecollection http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575966646/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575966646/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3054/2575966646_4496646d30_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_105</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:49:46 -0700 2005-06-16T10:35:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575966646 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_105</p> Smithsonian Institution blue portrait woman classic lady photography book photo women text cyan bio photograph oldphoto documents cyanotype smithsonianinstitution smithcollege compositephotography historyofphotography smithsonianinstitutionarchives thomassmilliecollection http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575138917/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575138917/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3080/2575138917_8f592016b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_103</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:48:20 -0700 2005-06-16T10:34:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575138917 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_103</p> Smithsonian Institution blue box stack boxes cyanotype cobalt 1890s smithsonianinstitution thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives museumdocumentation smithsoniansfirstphotographer http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575122405/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575122405/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3261/2575122405_66238e8b65_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_096</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:40:16 -0700 2005-06-16T10:30:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575122405 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_096</p> Smithsonian Institution dog art birds animals wall museum photo display contemporary wildlife baldeagle peacock exhibition taxidermy deer owl trophy ladder cyanotype smithsonianinstitution eagl smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575950332/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575950332/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3108/2575950332_0378e16467_m.jpg" width="240" height="190" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_098</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:41:40 -0700 2005-06-16T10:31:21-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575950332 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_098</p> Smithsonian Institution sun moon history soleil solar eclipse photographic graphs collection infographic cyanotype solareclipse smithsonianinstitution informationvisualization éclipse lunarcraters williamhenrydraper smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575135601/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575135601/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3107/2575135601_1a6e81f94a_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff were responsible for collecting and duplicating images brought back by scientists and curators traveling on business in other cities throughout the world, many of which often described the structures of other museums.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_101</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:46:45 -0700 2005-06-16T10:33:11-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575135601 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff were responsible for collecting and duplicating images brought back by scientists and curators traveling on business in other cities throughout the world, many of which often described the structures of other museums.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_101</p> Smithsonian Institution street sky horse building washingtondc dc chinatown nw hotelmonaco 1890 cyanotype 1839 smithsonianinstitution generalpostoffice fstreet smillie robertmills thomasuwalter thomasustickwalter thomassmillie tariffcommissionbuilding smithsonianinstitutionarchives earlyphography http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575106039/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575106039/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3095/2575106039_4ea3f30d55_m.jpg" width="203" height="240" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_084</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:32:11 -0700 2005-06-16T10:09:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575106039 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_084</p> Smithsonian Institution blue woman photography anthropology cyanotype smithsonianinstitution smillie historyofphotography thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives womancarryingbasket museumdocumentation http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575936940/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575936940/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3099/2575936940_4c30f23d29_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_092</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:34:46 -0700 2005-06-16T10:15:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575936940 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_092</p> Smithsonian Institution 1890 cyanotype smithsonianinstitution historyofphotography 19thcenturyphotography thomassmillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives daguerreotypephoto museumdocumentation http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575081619/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575081619/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3122/2575081619_ef3427cf08_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_081</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:20:03 -0700 2005-06-16T10:07:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575081619 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution's scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_081</p> Smithsonian Institution blue trees nature monochrome landscape photography photo cyanotype smithsonianinstitution lamdscape smithsonianinstitutionarchives unusualexposure http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575921084/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575921084/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2575921084_4be310b8f2_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_089</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:27:11 -0700 2005-06-16T10:13:22-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575921084 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_089</p> Smithsonian Institution washingtondc bill thomas treasury certificate bond cyanotype smithsonianinstitution smillie treasureroftheunitedstates splangley smithsonianinstitutionarchives memorabil http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575921534/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575921534/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3156/2575921534_70e6d4c9f3_m.jpg" width="240" height="194" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Although Thomas Smillie, the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, used images to catalog much of the institution's physical object collection, he also extensively photographed pages of books on topics of personal interest to him as a way of copying the material for future use. Smillie also photographed letters and documents as a method of preserving the Smithsonian's records.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_090</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:27:26 -0700 2005-06-16T10:14:06-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575921534 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Although Thomas Smillie, the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, used images to catalog much of the institution's physical object collection, he also extensively photographed pages of books on topics of personal interest to him as a way of copying the material for future use. Smillie also photographed letters and documents as a method of preserving the Smithsonian's records.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_090</p> Smithsonian Institution blue house building tower castle home church graveyard book cemetary headstones graves steeple faded mansion mavi cyanotype smithsonianinstitution kilise mezarlık smillie smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575920478/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575920478/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3156/2575920478_f7bb23dc32_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_088</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:26:56 -0700 2005-06-16T10:12:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575920478 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_088</p> Smithsonian Institution old men hat canon military helmet bust cannon sword cyanotype smithsonianinstitution tunic smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575091093/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575091093/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3056/2575091093_a2a248c440_m.jpg" width="240" height="194" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_085</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:25:01 -0700 2005-06-16T10:10:06-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575091093 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1913<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_085</p> Smithsonian Institution sad h photograph barefoot cyanotype 1913 smithsonianinstitution thesongofthelark smithsonianinstitutionarchives thomassmilli smithsoniancurator famouscuratorofphotography http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575078635/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575078635/" title="Untitled"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3093/2575078635_f9873bfdae_m.jpg" width="196" height="240" alt="Untitled" /></a></p> <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_078</p> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:18:26 -0700 2005-06-16T10:04:25-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2575078635 Untitled <p><b>Description</b>: As the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, Thomas Smillie used images to catalog the much of the institution's physical object collection, ranging from stuffed animals to plant fossils, decorative boxes, and beyond. The photographs themselves are now part of the Smithsonian's collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Creator/Photographer</b>: Thomas Smillie<br /> Birth Date: 1843<br /> Death Date: 1917<br /> <br /> Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.<br /> <br /> <b>Medium</b>: Cyanotype<br /> <br /> <b>Culture</b>: American<br /> <br /> <b>Date</b>: 1890<br /> <br /> <b>Repository</b>: <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution Archives</a><br /> <br /> <b>Collection</b>: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.<br /> <br /> <b>Accession number</b>: RU95_Box76_078</p> Smithsonian Institution sports display indian figurines oriental sporting figures shelves cyanotype smithsonianinstitution smithsonianinstitutionarchives http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/