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to be the optimal temperature for the long-term storage of the archive. At this temperature, the collection will degrade 500 times more slowly in than it did in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Corbis has been scanning the negatives into digital form as they are ordered by clients.
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The archive began with Otto Bettmann's personal collection of 15,000 images which he brought with him in suitcases when he escaped from Nazi Germany. Over the years, it acquired other collections, including the
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who immigrated to the United States in 1935. He actively expanded his collection by advertising in magazines, e.g. in the Winter 1959 issue of
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and including some of the best known U.S. historic images. The Archive also includes many images from Europe and elsewhere.
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High-Security, Sub-Zero Cold Storage For the PERMANENT Preservation of the Corbis-Bettmann Archive Photography Collection
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Between late-2001 and March 2002, to preserve the photos and negatives, Corbis moved the archive from Manhattan to the
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is a collection of over 18 million photographs and images, some going back to the United States
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Collection of material from late 19th century to World War I in 1971, and the
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In 1960, Bettmann moved it from his apartment at 215 East 57th Street, in
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Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
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Schatzkammer der Fotografie: das legendäre Bettmann-Archiv
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quarry located 220 feet (67 m) below ground in western
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A Century's Photo History Destined for Life in a Mine
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