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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Washington Navy Yard Optical Shop Photoprints
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0252
- Creators:
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Freedman, Margaret A.
- Dates:
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circa 1940-1961
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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17 Photographs
- Repository:
John C. Goff worked as an inspector at the Navy Yard Optical Shop during World War II. He might provide additional information, but efforts to contact him to identify the photographs in 1987 were unsuccessful. Deborah Warner, curator, may be able to assist researchers.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
17 photographs depicting employees, equipment, and facilities of the Washington Navy Yard Optical Shop, 1940s-1961.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is unarranged.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
No historical information about the subject of these photographs is available at the present time. Efforts have been made to contact Mr. John C. Goff, who was an employee of the Washington Navy Yard Optical Shop during World War II, and who is a former NMAH Division of Electricity volunteer. It is hoped that he will provide information about the history and activities of the Optical Shop and identify the photographs. The maker of the photographs in the collection is unidentified, but it presumably was a Navy staff photographer.
Administration
Author
David E. Haberstich
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Margaret A. Freedman on June 9, 1986.
Processing Information
Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1988
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Physical Sciences (now Division of Medicine and Science) through Deborah Warner, curator. The donor presented the collection to Ms. Warner originally.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Washington Navy Yard Optical Shop Photoprints, ca. 1940s-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Optics -- 1940-1970 -- Washington (D.C.) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Optical technicians -- 1940-1970 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Washington (D.C.) -- 1940-1970 | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1940-1970 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Optics testing -- ca. 1941-1961 -- Washington (D.C.) | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Navy Yard Optical Shop, Washington, D.C. | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Goff, John C. (optical inspector) | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu
