The Bettmann Archive is a collection of 19 million photographs and images, some going back to the United States Civil War and including some of the best known U.S. historic images. The Archive also includes many images from Europe and elsewhere. It was founded in 1936 by Otto Bettmann (1903–1998), a German curator who emigrated to the United States in 1935. In 1960, Bettmann moved it from his apartment in New York City to the Tischman building on West 57th Street, New York City.

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  • The Bettmann Archive is a collection of 19 million photographs and images, some going back to the United States Civil War and including some of the best known U.S. historic images. The Archive also includes many images from Europe and elsewhere. It was founded in 1936 by Otto Bettmann (1903–1998), a German curator who emigrated to the United States in 1935. In 1960, Bettmann moved it from his apartment in New York City to the Tischman building on West 57th Street, New York City. In 1981, Bettmann sold the archive to the Kraus Thomson Organization. In 1995, the archive was sold to Corbis, a digital stock photography company founded by Bill Gates. Issues arising from this sale regarding the restriction of access to the collection were described in the editorial "Goodbye to All That" in American Heritage magazine, May 2001, p. 5. In 2002, to preserve the photos and negatives, Corbis moved the archive from Manhattan to the Iron Mountain National Underground Storage Facility, a former limestone quarry located 220 feet (67 m) below ground in western Pennsylvania. The temperature of the storage room is gradually being lowered to -4 °F (-20 °C), which was determined by film preservationist Harry Wilhelm to be the optimal temperature for the long-term storage of the archive. At this temperature, the collection will degrade 500 times slower in storage at Iron Mountain than it did in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Corbis has been scanning the negatives into digital form as they are ordered by clients. 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 Gendreau Collection of Americana in 1967; the Underwood & Underwood Collection of material from late 19th century to World War I in 1971; and the United Press International collection in 1984.
  • Das Bettmann-Archiv ist eine Fotosammlung, die von Otto Bettmann begründet wurde und sich derzeit im Besitz von Corbis befindet und etwa 11 Millionen Bilder umfasst. Nachdem Otto Bettmann in die USA emigrierte, gründete er 1936 in New York in einem Ein-Zimmer-Apartment das Archiv. Bis 1938 wuchs das Archiv auf 15.000 Bilder an. 1967 kauft das Archiv die Gendreau Sammlung und 1972 die Underwood & Underwood Sammlung auf und bis 1980 wuchs der Bestand des Archivs auf zwei Millionen Bilder an. 1981 verkaufte Bettmann das Archiv an die Kraus Thomson Organisation. Seit 1995 gehört das Bettmann-Archiv zu Corbis, dem zweitgrößten Bilderarchiv, das von Bill Gates gegründet wurde. Zu den bekanntesten Bildern des Bettmann-Archivs gehört unter anderem Albert Einstein, der seine Zunge heraussteckt und die Explosion der Hindenburg.
  • La Bettmann Archive est une banque de photographies et d'images, certaines remontant à la période de la Guerre de Sécession (1861-1865) et comprenant certaines des images historiques les plus célèbres de l'histoire des États-Unis. Les archives comprennent également des images provenant d'Europe et d'ailleurs. Elle fut fondée en 1936 par Otto Bettmann (1903 - 1998), un conservateur de musée allemand qui émigra aux États-Unis en 1935, emportant avec lui 2 malles contenant près de 25 000 images, pour la plupart des négatifs qu'il avait réalisés lui même. En 1960, Bettmann l'installa dans le Tischman building sur West 57th Street à New York. En 1981 lorsqu'il la vend à la Kraus-Thomson Organization, la collection est composé de 5 millions de photos, tirages, posters, gravures et autres supports graphiques retraçant l'histoire du XX siècle. En 1990 Kraus-Thomson achète 11,5 millions d'images photographiques, la plupart provenant de la United Press International et de Reuters. De nombreuses d'entre elles sont célèbres comme celle de Winston Churchill faisant le V de la victoire, un astronaute sur la Lune, Albert Einstein tirant la langue ou Marilyn Monroe retenant sa robe au dessus d'une bouche de métro. En 1995, les archives sont revendues à Corbis, une banque d'images crée par Bill Gates dans le but de construire une immense photothèque numérique à but commercial.
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  • The Bettmann Archive is a collection of 19 million photographs and images, some going back to the United States Civil War and including some of the best known U.S. historic images. The Archive also includes many images from Europe and elsewhere. It was founded in 1936 by Otto Bettmann (1903–1998), a German curator who emigrated to the United States in 1935. In 1960, Bettmann moved it from his apartment in New York City to the Tischman building on West 57th Street, New York City.
  • Das Bettmann-Archiv ist eine Fotosammlung, die von Otto Bettmann begründet wurde und sich derzeit im Besitz von Corbis befindet und etwa 11 Millionen Bilder umfasst. Nachdem Otto Bettmann in die USA emigrierte, gründete er 1936 in New York in einem Ein-Zimmer-Apartment das Archiv. Bis 1938 wuchs das Archiv auf 15.000 Bilder an.
  • La Bettmann Archive est une banque de photographies et d'images, certaines remontant à la période de la Guerre de Sécession (1861-1865) et comprenant certaines des images historiques les plus célèbres de l'histoire des États-Unis. Les archives comprennent également des images provenant d'Europe et d'ailleurs.
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