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The National Portrait Gallery Wasn't Allowed to Acquire Photographs When It Opened in 1968. Fifty Years Later, the Smithsonian Museum's Collection Has Grown to 11,000 Photos and Counting
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The National Portrait Gallery Wasn't Allowed to Acquire Photographs When It Opened in 1968. Fifty Years Later, the Smithsonian Museum's Collection Has Grown to 11,000 Photos and Counting

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A new exhibition at the Washington, D.C. gallery celebrates half a century of collecting through portraits spanning the history of photography. Featured figures include President Abraham Lincoln, journalist Ida B. Wells and inventor Thomas Edison

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