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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  reconditioning 
  the 
  ceiling 
  of 
  the 
  Peacock 
  Room, 
  which 
  

   was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  report, 
  was 
  successfully 
  completed 
  

   during 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  early 
  winter. 
  The 
  cabinet 
  work 
  involved 
  in 
  it 
  

   was 
  done 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  shop, 
  and 
  the 
  restoration 
  of 
  the 
  painted 
  surface 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  restorer 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  gallery. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  also 
  put 
  into 
  safer 
  condition 
  the 
  leather 
  panel 
  with 
  the 
  pea- 
  

   cock 
  design 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  and 
  one 
  painting 
  by 
  D. 
  W. 
  

   Tryon. 
  In 
  the 
  oriental 
  section 
  two 
  Chinese 
  panels 
  and 
  two 
  Japanese 
  

   screens 
  have 
  been 
  remounted 
  and 
  restored. 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  by 
  purchase 
  and 
  gift 
  include 
  37 
  volumes, 
  

   of 
  which 
  2 
  are 
  in 
  Japanese; 
  28 
  periodicals, 
  and 
  151 
  pamphlets. 
  A 
  

   list 
  of 
  these 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report 
  as 
  Appendix 
  A 
  (not 
  printed). 
  

   Thirteen 
  volumes 
  have 
  been 
  rebound. 
  

  

  The 
  demand 
  for 
  photographs 
  is 
  constant, 
  and 
  in 
  meeting 
  it 
  the 
  

   gallery 
  is 
  building 
  up 
  its 
  store 
  of 
  negatives. 
  There 
  are 
  now 
  1,158 
  

   fine-art 
  subjects 
  available 
  for 
  purchase, 
  at 
  cost 
  price, 
  in 
  sizes 
  5 
  by 
  7, 
  

   8 
  by 
  10, 
  11 
  by 
  14 
  and 
  18 
  by 
  22; 
  and 
  24 
  subjects 
  in 
  post-card 
  form. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  the 
  gallery 
  possesses 
  829 
  negatives 
  of 
  the 
  Bibli- 
  

   cal 
  manuscripts, 
  from 
  which 
  photographs 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  on 
  order. 
  

   One 
  thousand 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-six 
  photographs, 
  34 
  lantern 
  

   slides, 
  and 
  1,569 
  post 
  cards 
  have 
  been 
  sold 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  one 
  

   rubbing 
  from 
  a 
  Chinese 
  carved 
  stone, 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  order. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  gallery 
  publications, 
  332 
  gallery 
  books, 
  583 
  descriptive 
  pam- 
  

   phlets, 
  256 
  Synojysis 
  of 
  History^ 
  and 
  9 
  floor 
  plans 
  have 
  been 
  sold. 
  

  

  THE 
  BUILDING 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  months 
  the 
  shop 
  was 
  occupied 
  with 
  the 
  tedious 
  and 
  

   delicate 
  repair 
  work 
  necessitated 
  b}^ 
  the 
  reconditioning 
  of 
  the 
  ceiling 
  

   of 
  the 
  Peacock 
  Room. 
  Other 
  shop 
  work 
  -includes 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  cases 
  and 
  pedestals, 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  various 
  articles 
  of 
  equipment, 
  

   and 
  ordinary 
  repair 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  marked 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  has 
  

   been 
  occasioned 
  by 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  grass 
  plots 
  for 
  the 
  four 
  corner 
  

   sections 
  of 
  brick 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  court. 
  It 
  is 
  thought- 
  that 
  this 
  change 
  

   v/ill 
  not 
  only 
  yield 
  a 
  greater 
  pleasure 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  mate- 
  

   rially 
  decrease 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  radiated 
  heat 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   months. 
  A 
  detailed 
  report 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  superintendent 
  is 
  submitted 
  

   herewith 
  as 
  Appendix 
  C 
  (not 
  printed). 
  

  

  ATTENDANCE 
  

  

  The 
  gallery 
  has 
  been 
  open 
  every 
  day 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Mon- 
  

   days, 
  Christmas 
  Day, 
  and 
  New 
  Year's 
  Day 
  from 
  9 
  until 
  4.30 
  o'clock, 
  

   and 
  until 
  12 
  o'clock 
  on 
  June 
  11, 
  the 
  day 
  set 
  aside 
  to 
  honor 
  Colonel 
  

   Lindbergh 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  France. 
  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  for 
  

  

  