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  "id": 19808404,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/the-national-portrait-gallery-wasnt-allowed-to-acquire-photographs",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-13T12:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-national-portrait-gallery-wasnt-allowed-to-acquire-photographs-when-it-opened-in-1968-fifty-years-later-the-smithsonian-museums-collection-has-grown-to-11000-photos-and-counting-180989823/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}