Yoichi Okamoto's photograph of Peter Waters in Smithsonian Magazine (1980)

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Photograph of conservator Peter Waters surrounded by paper fragments.
A photograph of Library of Congress conservator Peter Waters blowing on a handful of acidified wood pulp paper that he has crumpled up. Published in Richard L. Williams, "The Library of Congress can't hold all of Man's knowledge -- but it tries," Smithsonian Magazine, vol. 11, issue 12 (April 1, 1980). Original photo by Yoichi Okamoto.

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Photograph of Library of Congress conservator Peter Waters blowing on a handful of acidified wood pulp paper. Fragments of paper fly away from his hands.

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    Image
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    png
  • file size
    2 MB
  • copyright status
    Fair Use
  • creator
    Yoichi Okamoto
  • rights holder
    Smithsonian Magazine
  • rights territory
    Worldwide