Madison Cooper Papers
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Cooper, Madison, 1868-1946
Madison Cooper Company (Watertown, N.Y.)
- Dates:
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1900-1963
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1054
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Madison Cooper was an inventor and manufacturer of refrigerating systems in the early twentieth century. Cooper received several patents for his refrigeration inventions, including several refrigerating apparatuses, an air-circulating system, a process for preventing the formation of frost on refrigerating surfaces and a refrigeration train car. The collection spans 1900-1963 and includes his United States and foreign patents, his publications related to refrigeration, and a few documents and photographs related to Cooper and the Madison Cooper Company.
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Aikins, Russell Chorley, 1896-
U.S. Steel Corporation
- Dates:
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circa 1940s
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1037
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection comprises of 21 albums depicting the steel making and finishing operations of the United States Steel Corporation. All of the images were made by Russell Aikins around 1940. The albums contain photographic prints (8" x 9-1/2"). The majority of prints are mounted on spiral-bound pages. The photographs were created for public relations...
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Gargano, Amil
Ally and Gargano Advertising Agency, (New York (N.Y.)
Ally, Carl
- Dates:
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1962-1987
- Size:
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14.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0938
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In 1962, Carl Ally, a rising star in the advertising business, established his own firm, Carl Ally, Inc., with colleague Amil Gargano as art director. In 1976 they changed the business name to Ally and Gargano, Inc. Known for its aggressive advertising style, Ally and Gargano represented approximately ninety clients, fifty-two of which are represented here, including Hertz, Federal Express, and IBM.
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Revlon, Inc.
Stevens, Martin
- Dates:
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1936-1986
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0939
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of commercial advertisements and promotional materials created by Revlon Incorporated, 1936-1986.
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Northern States Power Company
Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
Xcel Energy
Reddy Communications, Inc.
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1926-1999
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30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0913
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.
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Mather and Company.
- Dates:
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1923-1929
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35 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0877
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-five work incentive posters published by Mather and Co.
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Howard (C.J.), Inc.
Nichols (T.G.) Company, Inc.
Parker Holladay Company (Chicago)
Mather and Company.
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1923-1950s
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186 Items (1 box, 7 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0876
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Posters on a variety of subjects including hygiene, civics and citizenship, but the vast majority exhort employees to practice good work habits.
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Cornelius, Hallye Mercer
Horne, Glendora
- Dates:
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1945.
- Size:
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0826
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Seventy-three (73) cigarette pack labels from the World War II years. The manufacturers include American, British, Chinese, and Japanese tobacco companies.
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Syntex
- Dates:
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1962-1978
- Size:
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13 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0821
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of domestic and foreign advertisements--primarily tearsheets from medical journals--leaflets, and product literature from 1962 to 1978, maintained by Syntex to track its competitors' products.
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Earle, Ralph
- Dates:
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1945.
- Size:
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0794
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
11 lantern slides and 18 35mm slides, all glass-mounted and taped at edges, showing an atomic bomb test explosion. Of this collection, two slides contain images of the crew conducting the test and a third shows the camp and some of the equipment used. The remainder contain images of explosions and the resulting smoke.