34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1922. 



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

 or lens. 



The series of pictorial photooraphs 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 A^ail, 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 

 scliemes 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 1S96. 



Many small and individual objects have augmented various 

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

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

 Gallery of Art, and a l)lack 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 

 notal)le loan exhibit of artistic photography, the work of Mr. 

 Floyd A'ail, was shown for two months and attracted much at- 

 tention. 



IIi*itoi'i/. — 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, Avas tlown with a French flag at 

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

 22. 1017. 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 Wliite 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. Tw^o sectional relief maps of northern France, 

 one mad(> of papier-niciche and one of plaster, presented l\y Mar- 

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



