during the 1950s and early 1960s, the gernsheims toured the photograph to several exhibitions in continental europe. in 1963, harry ransom purchased most of the gernsheims' photography collection for the university of texas at austin. although it has rarely traveled since then, in 2012–13 it visited mannheim, germany, as part of an exhibition entitled "the birth of photography—highlights of the helmut gernsheim collection". it is normally on display in the main lobby of the harry ransom center in austin, texas.