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by Major Warner at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran- 

 cisco and preserve the wonderful color schemes used at that fair. 



One hundred prints of snow crystals, the work of W. A. Bentley, 

 of Jericho, Vt., make a valued addition to the technical side of the 

 exhibits. These pi(;tures ol" ^noAv crystals by ISIr. r>entley are used 

 the world over in schools and colleges. The prints sent were selected 

 from thousands made during a period of 30 years. 



The two most beautiful ambrotypes in the collection were lent 

 by Misses Helen A. and Elizabeth Olmsted, of Washington. D. C, 

 and are old family portraits. 



Framed portraits of George Eastman and Frank S. Noble, sent 

 by the Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, X. Y., added to the group 

 of early manufacturers of photographic material. 



The World, Park Eow, New York, a leader in the advancement of 

 sending illustrative matter by wire, presented a very timely exhibit 

 in the form of a portrait sent by wireless from Rome, Italy, to Bar 

 Harbor, Me., by the method invented by Arthur Korn, of Berlin, 

 Germany. 



The total niunber of specimens in the collection of this section 

 June 30, 1922, was 4,971, of which number 678 were duplicates. 



With the installation of this year's accessions the plans set forth 

 in last year's report will have been carried out. The coming year 

 will see additions and a more complete showing of the development 

 of the great motion-picture industr3\ A series of papers will be 

 prepared dealing with the historj^ of the exhibits, the accessions 

 acquired in the past year, and on the aims of the collection that 

 will be acceptable for publication in the photographic journals. 



