Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hamily, David
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1912-1949
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0207
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions, locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculatio...
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Yungmeyer, Martha
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1931-1964
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8 Cubic feet (24 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0241
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.
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Jantzen, Carl C.
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1925-1977
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7 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0233
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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.
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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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Norcross, Arthur Dickinson, d. 1968
Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s
Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
Rust Craft Publishers (Boston, Mass.)
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1800-1981
bulk 1880-1881
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202 Cubic feet (179 boxes, 362 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0058
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collections consists of the records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in New York City in the 1920s and The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, founded in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906. Both the Norcross and Rust Craft companies collected antique greeting cards. Also includes a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1930-1980. Collection represents development of the greeting card industry, social trends in the United States and technology of the printing industry from 1924 through 1978.
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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1938-1986
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7.7 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0111
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Pepsi Generation Collection is the result of an oral history and documentation project conducted in 1984 and 1985 by the Center for Advertising History and supported in part by a grant from the Pepsi Cola Company.
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Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.
Merriam, Eva Billings
Merriam, Billy
Christiani, Norman, Mrs.
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1897 - 1902
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2 Cubic feet (6 oversized folders, 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0079
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents four scrapbooks containing photographs, programs, flyers, business cards, periodical illustrations, and letterheads of vaudeville and medicine shows from 1897-1902. Also included are two audiotapes containing comments by the donors about the scrapbooks.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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undated
1899-1917
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1.2 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 11 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Christmas
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Christmas forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1865-1933
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1.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Laundry
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Laundry Machinery and Accessories forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1870-1980
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1.96 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 5 card boxes, 1 folder, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Postcards
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Post Cards forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana