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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Polishes
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Polishes
- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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undated1927
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.51 Cubic feetconsisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 map case folder, 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: Polishes 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
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).
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Polishes 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.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Polishes, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
More Information
General
General
Brand name index
- Polishes
Brand Name
Manufacturer
Anchor
S.S. Myers
Belle
Wm. H. Lestor
Black Eagle
Nickel Plate Stove Polish
Brillante
E.D. Ranson & Company
Brightest
Scottrone & Plummer
Click 88
Hammacher & Schlemmer
Columbia
Henry H.Meday & Co.
Common Sense
Gano & Martin
Crown
Leggett Bros.
Dan-Dee
Twin City Shellac Co.
Dime
S.M. Bixby
Eagle
Willard & Lane
Ebony
Buffalo Polish Co.
Enameline
J.L. Prescott & Co.
Excelsior
Walpole Emery Mills
Globe
Raimes
Imperial
G.M. Loomis
Imperial
Rath. Mfg. Co.
Imperial
Stetson, Carpenter & Co.
Indian
Dr .I. Watkins & Bros.
Jet
Henry S. Ziegler
Lusterine
American Chemical Mfg & Mining Co.
Monarch
Baird Bros. & Co.
O-Cedar
Johnson
Owl
Leggett Bros.
Police
Gano & Martin
Raven
N.H. Parker & Co.
Royal
S.M.Bixby
Royal
Cando Co.
Rising Sun
Morse Bros.
Scouree
J.W. Grady & Co.
Shino
Pioneer Mfg. Co.
Staybright
Morgan Bros.
Stapco
Standard Preserving Co.
Sunnyside
Strow , Wile & Co.
Tavern
Socony Vacuum
Trump
Edw.K.Tryon Co.
Universal
Borsum Bros.
Universal Putz-Pasta
Meyers Putz Pomande Co.
White Diamond
Matchless Metal Polish Co.
Vernax
Hammacher & Schlemmer
Vulcanol
J.L. Prescott & Co.
Women's Suffrage
Phoenix Mfg. Co.
Keywords
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Ephemera | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Business ephemera | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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