Thomas Smillie
Untitled Cyanotype, 1890
Smithsonian Institution: RU_Box76_077

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.

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