“Washington Tidal Basin Beauty Contest — August 5, 1922.” Misses Eva Fridell, 17, and Anna Niebel. National Photo Company glass negative.
The chysanthemum show
Description: ”The chysanthemum show, Tokyo Japan”. Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).
Date: c.1907
Untitled
Description: 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.
Creator/Photographer: Thomas Smillie
Birth Date: 1843
Death Date: 1917
Damesvoetbal / Women’s soccer
Spaarnestad Photo, SFA002004116
Damesvoetbal in Portsmouth, Engeland, 1917. Tenue: heuplange truien, kniekousen en baretten.
Women’s soccer in Portsmouth, England, 1917.
A collection of photos from the Los Angeles Police Department Historic Photo Archive dating from the 1930-1950s.






