Explore the famous Bettman Archive, which houses photographic records of many of history’s most important moments since the first camera was invented in the early 19th century.
photo editor Kenneth Bachor and contributing photographer Ross Mantle deliver an informative look at the incredible archives that readers should go check out.
In 1960, Bettmann moved his archive from 215 East 57th Street in New York City to the Tishman Building at 660 Fifth Avenue. that “Instead of visual cliches, I provided [clients] with a graphic shorthand that illuminates the present by revealing the past, preferably with humor.” asked Bettmann Archive’s two archivists, Leslie Stauffer and Sarah Kubiak, about their day-to-day lives working in one of the world’s most secure and vital photo archives. Each day, Stauffer and Kubiak work alongside a priceless collection of images. Mantle’s images make the collection look oddly mundane, with old-school filing cabinets, industrial shelving units, andBettmann Archive staffers Leslie Stauffer and Sarah Kubiak in the image collection room at the Bettmann Archive in Pennsylvania.
Even with the protection offered by the Iron Mountain National Underground Storage facility, a former limestone quarry, the archives will not last forever. The storage room’s temperature is being gradually lowered to a chilly -4 degrees Fahrenheit , which film preservationist Henry Wilhelm concluded was the ideal temperature for the archive. At this freezing temperature, the photographs will degrade about 500 times slower than in New York City.
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