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Merchant Marine/Navy World War Two Oral History and Memorabilia Collection
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Creators:
Porter, John C.
Navarre, Jack B., 1925- (merchant seaman)
Dates:
1943-2001
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0405
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents individuals who served in the Merchant Marine's and Navy between 1943 and 1946.

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1777-1965
Size:
10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats
Repository:
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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Digitized Content Man Power of U.S. Private Shipyards ... Man Power of the U.S. Merchant Marine / Growth of the U.S. Merchant Marine … Comparison of Merchant Fleets
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Creators:
Merchant Marine
Dates:
1946
Level:
item
Size:
1 Poster (1 pieces, Monochrome, 56 x 43.5 cm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0433
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Main Image: (A) 2 graphs: Shows man power change at shipyards from Dec 1939-Jan 1946, Manpower change in merchant marine from 1938-March 1946 (B) 2 graphs: Growth of tonnage of Merchant Marine from 1789-1945, Number of cargo ships of various nations in 1939 and 1945

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Digitized Content Principal British Ranks and Insignia / ... Uniforms of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy ... / Uniforms of the British Army ... Uniforms of the Royal Air Force ...
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Dates:
1944
Level:
item
Size:
1 Item (1/4 size; Multi-color, 35.5 x 46 cm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0433
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Main Image: (A) Insignia of the British Navy, Army, R.A.F, and Merchant Marine as well as men and women in different Naval-related uniforms (B) Men and women dressed in Army-related and R.A.F-related uniforms

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Frederic Jean Thalinger papers
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Creators:
Thalinger, Frederic Jean, 1915-1965
Dates:
[ca. 1929-1988]
bulk 1935-1965 dates
Size:
3.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.thalfred
Repository:
Archives of American Art

A family history, an interview with Ciel Frampton, Thalinger's Senior Thesis for Antioch College, letters between Thalinger and his wife Ciel Frampton during World War II, sketches and drawings, photographs and other materials document the lives and careers of sculptor Frederic Jean Thalinger and his painter father, E. Oscar Thalinger. Biographical...

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Digitized Content INSIGNES PRINCIPAUX DES GRADES, DÉCORATIONS ET MÉDAILLES D'ANGLETERRE
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Creators:
British Army
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Level:
item
Size:
1 Poster (1/2 size; Multi-color, 50.5 x 76 cm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0433
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Main Image: Insignia and medal for the British Army, Navy, Air Force, and Merchant Marine

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Digitized Content DE VIKTIGSTE BRITISKE GRADER OG DISTINKSJONER
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Creators:
British Army
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Level:
item
Size:
1 Poster (1/2 size; Multi-color, 76 x 49 cm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0433
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Main Image: Insignia of the British Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine

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Digitized Content Voornaamste Britsche Rangen en Distinctieven
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Creators:
Ministry of Information
British Army
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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Level:
item
Size:
1 Poster (1/2 size; Multi-color, 75.5 x 50.5 cm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0433
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Main Image: Insignia of the British Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine

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Digitized Content Cleaned out - by the Japs!, [black & white advertisement; tear sheet]
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Creators:
American Export Lines, Inc.
Dates:
Circa 1944
Level:
item
Size:
1 Item (Ink on paper., 10.6" x 7.6".)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0059
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Woman looking in empty kitchen cabinet. Text discusses tin shortage for canned goods due to Japanese occupation of Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies.

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Documentary: Talking Blues
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Creators:
Weissman, Dick
Foster, Pat
Foster, Pat
Dates:
1957
Level:
item
Size:
1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
Collection ID:
CFCH.ASCH
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Original talking blues --Talking dust bowl --Talking migrant -- Talking sharecropper --Talking miner --Talking Bonneville Dam --Talking TVA --Talking union --Talking sailor --Talking union voter --Talking rent --Talking Hitler's head off --Talking atom --Talking subway.

101 Original Talking Blues / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar. 102 Talking Dust Bowl / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar. 103 Talking Migrant / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar. 104 Talking Sharecropper / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar. 105 Talking Miner (Talking Centralia) / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar. 106 Talking Bonnevile Dam / ...

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