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Digitized Content Stereo Photographers Stereographs
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Creators:
Kraus, Jeffrey (dealer)
Underwood & Underwood
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Raven Books
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Dates:
1893-1904
Size:
4 Items
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0414
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Four stereographs showing stereo photographers at work: (1) "Taking a View for You & U," copyright 1893 by J. F. Jarvis, Washington, D.C. (little girl holding field camera); (2) uncaptioned view of man standing on pier amid ruins, published by Underwood & Underwood, undated, identified as Bert Underwood in pencil on mount; (3) "Our well known Stere...

Digitized Content Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.10: Glass Plate Negatives
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Creators:
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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Dates:
1900-1949
Size:
16 Boxes
The subseries contains glass plate negatives.
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0618.S04.10
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.10 consists of orders placed at the Scurlock Studio. The negatives depict individual portrait sittings and formal group portraits. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records

Digitized Content Scurlock Studio Records, Series 8: Scurlock Studio Business Records
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Creators:
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
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Dates:
1907-1996, undated
Size:
66 Boxes
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0618.S08
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC from 1907-1996, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 8 consists of paperwork pertaining to the administration of the business, the financial documentation of the business, the records of sales, the advertising signs and promotions of the business, the files kept on employees, and other materials kept at the Scurlock Studio. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records

Digitized Content Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings
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Creators:
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Dates:
1870-1890
Size:
9 Cubic feet (4 drawers)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0353
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive and retained for engineering reference.

Digitized Content Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection
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Creators:
Bullard, ca. 1890s (Lexington, Mo.)
Jeffres and Rogers, ca. 1890s, Baltimore, Md
Jefferson, Virgie Williams, 1888-1986
Russell, fl. 1890s (Baltimore, Md)
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Dates:
circa 1870s-1890s
Size:
14 Photographs
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0313
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection contains thirteen items photoprints, including albumen cabinet prints, and a memorial card from about the 1890's. The photographs are studio portraits, including six by Baltimore photographers. These items were in the custody of various family members during the early twentieth century, then collected and identified by Mrs. Jeffer...

Digitized Content Scientists and Inventors Portrait File: photoprints
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Dates:
undated
Size:
10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0315
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Copy prints created by the Smithsonian Office of Priting and Photography of portraits of important scientists and others in Smithsonian collections.

Digitized Content James W. Queen & Company Collection
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Creators:
Leeds and Northrup Company
Gray Instrument Company
Queen, James W., & Company
Queen-Gray Company
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Dates:
1850-1952
Size:
3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0015
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use. The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.

Digitized Content Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection
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Creators:
Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Dates:
1884-1965
Size:
46 Cubic feet (150 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0018
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...

Digitized Content Jantzen Knitting Mills Collection
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Creators:
Jantzen, Carl C.
Dates:
1925-1977
Size:
7 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0233
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Carl C. Jantzen and John C. Zehntbauer founded the Portland Knitting Company in 1910 as a retail store selling knitted products (i.e. sweaters, hosiery, jackets). Carl Jantzen later invented an automated circular knitting machine that allowed the company to make light-weight materials for swimsuits. In 1916, the company first used the name Jantzen as their trademark and went on to specialize in swimsuits.

Digitized Content Jack Siefert Woody Herman Collection
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Creators:
Herman, Woody, 1913-1987
Siefert, Jack William, 1918-
Dates:
1913-1990
Size:
16 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0659
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sound recordings, business records, photographs, correspondence, and concert posters documenting the career of Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman.

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