Snapping up the past: want to get Grandma and grandpa's pictures into the Smithsonian? One Curator just may be interested.(AROUND THE MALL: SCENES AND SIGHTINGS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS AND BEYOND)

Publication: Smithsonian

Publication Date: 01-SEP-05

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When michelle delaney started to research World War II photography two years ago, she discovered a hole in the National Museum of American History's archives. There were hundreds of pictures by well-known photojournalists such as Life's Margaret Bourke-White and Robert Capa and thousands from official military cameramen, but fewer than 50 photographs taken by soldiers and their families. "Personal photographs record life in a different way than the images of military combat or professional photojournalism," says Delaney, a curator at the...

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