- Creators:
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Fuller Brush Company
- Dates:
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1912-2017
- Size:
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25 cubic feet (27 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1459
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Fuller Brush Company founded by Alfred Fuller in 1906.
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Challis, John, 1907-1974
Frayer, William W.
Truesdale, Ephraim
- Dates:
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circa 1900-1974
- Size:
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24 cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1375
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Challis Harpsichord business, and the lives of Mr. Challis and his partner, Ephraim Truesdale. The collection contains correspondence, both personal and business; business records, including ledgers and journals; drawings, including design drawings for harpsichord decorations and elements; client files; subject files, e...
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- Creators:
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Larson, Mary E.
- Dates:
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1880-1990
- Size:
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2 cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1464.2004.0005
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show.
Found In
- Creators:
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Larson, Mary E.
- Dates:
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1880-1990
- Size:
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2 cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1464
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show.
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Bedman Brothers Rahway, New Jersey.
Bedman Brothers.
Bedman, Charles
Bedman, Frank
More … - Dates:
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1859-1984
- Size:
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8.5 cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- AAG.BDB
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Bedman Brothers Company Records collection focuses primarily on the business and financial transactions of Bedman Brothers seed company of Rahway, New Jersey, and includes accounting ledgers, purchase orders, price lists, miscellaneous business and family correspondence, and various brochures, pamphlets and leaflets related to horticultural topics. Other holdings in the collection include World War II ration stamps and two scrapbooks, one of which contains many late nineteenth and early twentieth century chromo-lithographed trade cards (primarily from the sewing, clothing, and floral industries). The other scrapbook holds news clippings from the Civil War period. Some seed gathering equipment used by field workers rounds out the collection.
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Bedman, John
Bedman, James
Bedman, William
Bedman, Joseph
More … - Dates:
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1859 - 1984
- Size:
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8.5 cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- AAG.BED
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Bedman Brothers Company Records collection focuses primarily on the business and financial transactions of Bedman Brothers seed company of Rahway, New Jersey, and includes accounting ledgers, purchase orders, price lists, miscellaneous business and family correspondence, and various brochures, pamphlets and leaflets related to horticultural topics. Other holdings in the collection include World War II ration stamps and two scrapbooks, one of which contains many late nineteenth and early twentieth century chromo-lithographed trade cards (primarily from the sewing, clothing, and floral industries). The other scrapbook holds news clippings from the Civil War period. Seperated materials include seed gathering equipment used by field workers.
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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
More … - Dates:
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1898 - 1993
- Size:
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13 cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers
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Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982
MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
Pease, L.F.
Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
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1831-2004
- Size:
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8 cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1252
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the business activities of the Sandford Card Company primarily in the early part of the century. It includes product designs and samples; advertising and marketing materials, as well as, correspondence and financial papers. In addition, there are the papers of Mary Elizabeth Sandford, founder of the company, and her immedia...
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Burpee, W. Atlee, (Washington Atlee), 1858-1915
James Vick's Sons (Rochester, N.Y.).
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Wm. Henry Maule (Firm)
More … - Dates:
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circa 1873-1978
bulk 1890-1930
- Size:
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201 cubic feet
12,715 items
- Collection ID:
- AAG.BRP2
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The collection contains the records of W. Atlee Burpee & Company and includes accounting records, seed trial records, seed contracts, sales records, contracts, inventories, office correspondence, contest letters, seed catalogs, pamphlets, advertisements and advertising reports, daybooks, photographs and other items relating to the company and some of its competitors. The collection is not comprehensive and includes significant gaps.
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- Creators:
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Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
- Dates:
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1966-1987
- Size:
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8 cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0536
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.