Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Silverplate "Enola Gay" and Radio Press News Collection
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- Creators:
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Rittko, Raymond N.
- Dates:
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bulk 1945
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (2 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0095
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains two photographs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Silverplate "Enola Gay" on the island of Tinian, taken by Raymond N. Rittko. There are also two Radio Press News releases for the "U.S.S. Guilford", dated December 12 and December 19, 1945. The releases detail post-war news stories from around the world.
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Koch, A. A.
- Dates:
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bulk 1937
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0021
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following: four 7.5 by 5 inch black and white photographs of Amelia Eahart in Lae, New Guinea in July of 1937; Amelia Earhart on wing of Lockheed Electra, with indigenous people in foreground; Amelia Earhart on top of Lockheed Electra, smiling; group photo of Manager of Guinea Airways (an Australian operated service ...
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Carter, Edward Royden, Sr.
- Dates:
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bulk 1924
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (2 photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0053
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two black and white prints, one approximately 3" x 5 ¼" and the other approximately 3" x 4", of the Douglas World Cruiser Chicago in Hong Kong during the 1924 around-the-world flight.
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Voortmeyer, William B.
- Dates:
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1928
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0908
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the 50.25 by 34 inch route map used by the crew of the Fokker F.VIIB-3m "Southern Cross" in 1928. The map is from the US Department of the Navy, Hydrographic Office, "North Pacific Ocean, Eastern Part," 121st ed., with the route marked by William B. Voortmeyer, and shows his instructions on magnetic declination and expec...
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Robertson, A. E. W. (Ann Eliza Worcester), 1826-1905
Postoak, Taylor
- Dates:
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undated
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS571
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contains: "The Corn Fable." Creek text with interlinear English translation. no date. Autograph document. 8 pages. "The Corn Fable." Free English translation. no date. Autograph document signed. 4 pages. [The Corn Fable.] Creek text with interlinear English translation. no date. Photostat carbon of Autograph document in the Alice Robertson ...
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Wolver, Anita Tuohy
Tuohy, Kevin M., 1921-1968 (optometrist, inventor)
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1897-1959
- Size:
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1.2 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0317
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Technical information on contact lenses, including manuals, brochures, etc. from Solex Laboratories, and articles from professional journals and other publications. Numerous photographs, including a set of color prints, illustrate techniques of fitting, inserting, and removing contact lens. Medical problems, legal cases involving patent infringemen...
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Timken Roller Bearing Company
Pauly, Frank G.
United States. Bureau of Mines
- Dates:
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1925-1957
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0380
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily technical papers by Timken engineers, presented in journals and meetings of professional societies. The papers concern the use of Timken roller bearings and other products in locomotives and other rolling stock on U.S. railroads and rapid transit systems. Also articles from trade magazines and brochures advertising Timken products, and a ...
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Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
- Dates:
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1834-1961
- Size:
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4.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0411
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Most material in this collection was generated by Trigg early in his career as an industrial research fellow at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1916-1920. It includes laboratory notebooks; formal weekly reports (typewritten) on his investigations; correspondence with his industrial sponsors; a few personal letters and some correspondence relating to ...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Green, Mary E.
Extractive Industries, Division of.
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1883-1980
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize folder
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1061
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over a period of approximately 25 years, Dr. Mary Eloise Green of Ohio State University collected a wide variety of materials pertaining to food preservation and home canning techniques. She acquired associated pamphlets, manuals, and recipe booklets from companies as well as governmental agencies.
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Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
- Dates:
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undated
- Size:
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31 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS456
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
A-0 only. See also MS 456, Part 2, index cards evidently made from the above, but running through the letter Y.