Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records
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Cummings, Robert A., 1866-1962
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1884-1952 and undated
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20 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0218
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records consists primarily of correspondence and business records documenting Robert A. Cummings' firm, consulting work, and participation in professional associations, especially the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1892-1893, circa 1900-1939; technical data and publications on soils testing, 1900-1939;...
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (700 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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Kermin, A
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circa 1920s
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1 Book
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2011.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One snakeskin boumd photography album containing 73 photomechanical reproductions of landscapes, mosque architecture, family portraits, street scenes, and bazaar snapshots. There are a limited number of aerial photographs, credited to the RAF.
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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1875 - 2004
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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Town, Thomas J.
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1930s
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0024
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Thomas J. Town was a deep sea diver and was in the U. S. Navy submarine force in the 1920s-1930s. Subsequent to his naval service, Town enrolled as a student at the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute in the late 1930s. Town later worked as an engineer at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California. This collection consists of 35 mm black and white negatives for 42 images taken in the late 1930s at Grand Central Airport in Glendale, California and at San Jacinto, California by Thomas J. Town.
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Longshore, Guy.
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1945, 2010
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0025
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Guy Longshore served in the U. S. Army Air Corps as a command gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific theater during World War II. This collection consists of photographic material made from images taken by Guy Longshore during World War II, as well as a news clipping about the collection and a small pamphlet written by Longshore that includes a story about his service in World War II.
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1920s
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Curtiss Field was located in Garden City, Long Island on the site of what was originally part of Hazelhurst Field. Alfred H. Nelson was a licensed Aircraft & Engine mechanic at Curtiss Field in the 1920s. This collection consists of six black and white and sepia-toned photographs taken at Curtiss Field during that timeframe.
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Wilson, Dora Bertha
- Dates:
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1919
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0007
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
From August 18 to September 2, 1919, the Scranton Aero Club held an aerial meet at an airfield near Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania. This collection consists of two album pages containing photographs taken at this event.
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Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939
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1881-1950
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4.26 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.laddanna
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd measure 4.26 linear feet, date from 1881-1950, and document the career of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Found within the papers are biographical material, letters, diaries, financial material, notes and writings, art work, a file concerning the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.
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Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
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1851-1899
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.johneast
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Archives of American Art
The letters of Eastman Johnson measures 0.2 linear feet and contains 12 items that date from 1851 to 1899. The letters provide scattered documentation of his career as a painter and printmaker.