Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lawn Mowers and Lawn Accessories

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Lawnmowers
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
circa 1857-1938, undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.51 Cubic feet
consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material.
Repository:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Lawn Mowers and Lawn Accessories forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This material consist primarily of advertising cards, bills, receipts, pamphlets, booklets, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery and printed advertisements from manufacturers and distributors of lawn mowers and lawn accessories. The material dates from 1857 to 1938.
Materials pertaining to lawn mowers are organized by name of company. Lawn accessories are grouped by type of implement such as rakes, hoes and sprinklers. There are also three folders of material grouped by type: lawn mower parts and repairs, patents, and general works (images).

Administration

Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons and Nicole Blechynden
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Processing Information
Oversize materials are unprocessed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Lawn Mowers and Lawn Accessories is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Processing Information
In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections. A large portion of stored material from the original acquisition received minimal level processing, which resulted in additions to this Subject category. This effort included basic arrangement and replacement of non-archival housing for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have not all been removed. Revisions to the encoded finding aid were made to reflect the added content in context to the previously processed material.
Minimal level processing and enhancement of the machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden, September 2017.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lawn Mowers and Lawn Accessories, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Materials in the Archives Center

Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of


More Information

Brand / Company / Product Index

Brand / Company / Product Index
Organized as: Brand Name / Company Name / Type of Product
  • Acme / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Airway / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Ajax / C. S. Bell Co. / Garden Rollers
  • Bay State / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Best / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Boston / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Champion / C. S. Bell Co. / Garden Rollers
  • Champion / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Charter / Oak Archimedean Lawn Mower Co. / Mower
  • Cricket / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Doo-Klip / Alliance Mfg. Co. / Grass Shears
  • Easy / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Empress / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Excelsior / Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Fleetwood / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Gem / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Greyhound / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Imperial / Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Lakewood / Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Lawn Boy / A & R Power Tool / Lawn Mowers
  • Lawn King / Gregg & Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Merit / Canvas Products Co. / Grass Catcher
  • Model / Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Molon / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • New Easy / Blair Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Nox-All / Canvas Products Co. / Grass Catcher
  • Pilot / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Radium / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Rainbow Peerless / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Rain King / Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. / Lawn Sprinkler
  • Rajah Clipper / Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Rambler / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Republic / Henley Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower
  • Success / Deming Co. / Lawn Sprinkler
  • Trump / Animal Trap Co. / Garden Tools
  • Victor / Arbeiter Lawn Mower Co. / Lawn Mower


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Business ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lawn mowers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sprinklers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rakes Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shears Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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