Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
- Dates:
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1841-1988.
- Size:
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46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
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- Dates:
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1975
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Meyerson, Daniel H.
- Dates:
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1915-2000
undated
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (43 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0745
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents through press releases, news bulletins, guidebooks, souvenirs, maps, ephemera and related publications world's fairs occurring after 1960.
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United States National Museum
- Dates:
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1877-1975
- Size:
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87.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Found In
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- Creators:
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
- Dates:
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1900 - 1989
- Size:
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1890-1929
- Size:
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14.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Heezen, Bruce C.
- Dates:
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circa 1947-1977
- Size:
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98.7 cu. ft. (96 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (5 oversize tube boxes) (6 globes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7464
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1841-1975
- Size:
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3.15 Cubic feet (consisting of 6 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial).)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Express
- Repository:
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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: Express 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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Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
- Dates:
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1753, 1867-1943
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23.86 cu. ft. (46 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7074
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Leonhard Stejneger consist of manuscripts on Japanese herpetology, Chinese herpetology, Puerto Rican and West Indian herpetology, North American herpetology, poisonous snakes, turtles, fur seals, ornithology, European fauna and the study of life zones; manuscripts, general notes and bibliographic notes and correspondence regardin...
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Frick Company, George (Waynesboro, Pa.)
- Dates:
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1852-1961
bulk 1860-1920
- Size:
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26 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0293
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents, in correspondence, publications, forms, paperwork, drawings, newspaper clippings, diplomas and photographs, the operations and products of the Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam-powered engines (portable, stationary, and traction), sawmills, threshing machines, grain separators and other mechanized agricultural harvesting implements, refrigeration, mechanical cooling systems, and ice making plants, from its founding in 1852 through 1961.