Category Archives: Snapshot Statistics

  1. How Many Images are at the Smithsonian?

    One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests that there are over fifteen million pictures, in the form of prints, negatives, and digital [...]

  2. Snapshot Statistic #1-7: A Peek at The Scale of the Food Industry

    From: Taxing the Rich—Foods, That Is – BusinessWeek. Late last year, New York Governor David A. Paterson proposed an 18% sales tax on non-diet soda and sugary juice drinks for the fiscal year starting in April. Such a tax, he says, would raise $404 million this year and $539 million in 2010, to be used [...]