Treasures From an Underground Trove

National Geographic’s Treasures A photograph by Herbert G. Ponting of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition ship Terra Nova is framed by an ice grotto in Antarctica circa 1911-1912. | Herbert G. Ponting/National Geographic Society and Steven Kasher Gallery via The Times. | More Photos >>

Randy Kennedy, The New York Times | Full Story | For many years there has been a kind of secret museum of photography under the streets of northwest Washington — an immense, windowless, climate-controlled archive with roots reaching back more than a century.

And since the early 1980s just one man, William C. Bonner, has been the museum’s primary denizen, becoming intimately familiar with its holdings: more than 11 million images richly documenting the life of the 20th century, from Uganda to the Mississippi Delta to remote lamaseries near the Mongolian border. “People don’t realize how beautiful this collection is,” Mr. Bonner said, “and it’s a shame, in a way, that I’m the only one who’s seen many of these pictures.” >>

Published 09.08.18 14:17:45 -0500 GMT | Posted by Andrew Garib on 09.08.20 | On the Web at: http://saveandrewgarib.com/articles/560 |

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