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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  tained 
  upon 
  a 
  sheet 
  of 
  very 
  thin 
  paper 
  without 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  camera 
  

   or 
  lens. 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  of 
  pictorial 
  photographs 
  collected 
  this 
  year, 
  over 
  100 
  

   in 
  number, 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  artistic 
  photography 
  

   representing 
  17 
  of 
  the 
  foremost 
  pictorial 
  photographers 
  of 
  the 
  

   world. 
  The 
  successful 
  collection 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  was 
  largely 
  due 
  

   to 
  efforts 
  and 
  suggestions 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Floyd 
  Vail, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Camera 
  Club. 
  The 
  gift 
  by 
  Maj. 
  Murray 
  Warner 
  through 
  Mrs. 
  

   Gertrude 
  Bass 
  Warner 
  of 
  42 
  autochromes, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Major 
  

   Warner, 
  deserves 
  mention, 
  as 
  they 
  preserve 
  the 
  wonderful 
  color 
  

   schemes 
  of 
  the 
  Panama-Pacific 
  Exposition, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  being 
  fine 
  

   specimens. 
  A 
  loan 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Earle 
  W. 
  Huckel, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  of 
  

   several 
  printed 
  books 
  contains 
  one 
  dated 
  1497, 
  Theology, 
  by 
  Lock- 
  

   mayer, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  book 
  in 
  the 
  division; 
  also 
  a 
  beautiful 
  

   book 
  from 
  the 
  famous 
  Moretus 
  Press 
  dated 
  1696. 
  The 
  most 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  example 
  of 
  presswork 
  and 
  typography 
  shown 
  is 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  The 
  

   Well 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  End, 
  printed 
  by 
  William 
  Morris 
  at 
  the 
  Kelm- 
  

   scott 
  Press 
  in 
  1896. 
  

  

  Many 
  small 
  and 
  individual 
  objects 
  have 
  augmented 
  various 
  

   series, 
  adding 
  to 
  their 
  extent 
  and 
  beauty, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  two 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  water 
  colors 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  original, 
  loaned 
  by 
  Franklin 
  

   Booth. 
  

  

  One 
  hundred 
  photographs 
  of 
  snow 
  crystals, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Bent- 
  

   ley, 
  form 
  a 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  technical 
  collections. 
  A 
  

   notable 
  loan 
  exhibit 
  of 
  artistic 
  photography, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Floyd 
  Vail, 
  was 
  shown 
  for 
  two 
  months 
  and 
  attracted 
  much 
  at- 
  

   tention. 
  

  

  History. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  the 
  historical 
  collections 
  

   have 
  received 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  additions 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  usual 
  interest 
  

   and 
  importance. 
  These 
  include 
  the 
  following: 
  The 
  American 
  flag, 
  

   which, 
  after 
  receiving 
  military 
  honors 
  in 
  the 
  Sorbonne 
  in 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  President 
  Poincare, 
  was 
  flown 
  with 
  a 
  French 
  flag 
  at 
  

   the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  Eiffel 
  Tower 
  and 
  saluted 
  with 
  101 
  guns, 
  April 
  

   22, 
  1917, 
  in 
  celebration 
  of 
  the 
  entry 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  into 
  the 
  

   World 
  War 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Allies. 
  This 
  flag 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  

   the 
  French 
  ambassador, 
  M. 
  Jusserand, 
  to 
  President 
  Harding 
  at 
  

   the 
  White 
  House 
  on 
  Decoration 
  Day, 
  May 
  30, 
  1922, 
  and 
  deposited 
  

   in 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  President. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  very 
  handsome 
  silk 
  

   American 
  flags, 
  presented 
  to 
  Gen. 
  John 
  J. 
  Pershing 
  in 
  recognition 
  

   of 
  his 
  services 
  as 
  commander-in-chief 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Expedition- 
  

   ary 
  Forces 
  in 
  France 
  during 
  the 
  World 
  War 
  and 
  loaned 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  him. 
  Two 
  sectional 
  relief 
  maps 
  of 
  northern 
  France, 
  

   one 
  made 
  of 
  papier-mache 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  plaster, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mar- 
  

   shal 
  Haig 
  and 
  Marshal 
  Petain, 
  respectively, 
  to 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Medill 
  

  

  