[Olvera Street, Los Angeles : picture postcard.]
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Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Dates:
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Ca. 1950s
- Level:
- item
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Color (3.5" x 5.5".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0200
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A color photograph (photomechanical reproduction?) taken in the main walkway at Olvera Street. At the far left sits a man with a sombrero that reads "Mexico"; he plays a harp. Directly in front of him are two small children sitting: the boy wears a charro outfit and the girl a typical folk costume. Two slightly older kids wear identical costumes an...
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1865-1931
- Level:
- subseries
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S02
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over two thousand stereographs (or stereoscopic photographs) are among the estimated two million documents and items of business ephemera in the Warshaw Collection. It is likely that Isadore Warshaw collected the stereographs both as examples of business advertising and as pictorial representations of commercial products, historical themes, and oth...
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Underwood & Underwood
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (5" x 7".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Copy negative of a half-tone photomechanical print (lithoprint stereo card); thumbtack visible above images. Caption in French on card: "Jésus tombe pour la 3me foix IXme Stn."
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Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Dates:
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Circa 1910-1920
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (Ink on paper, 3.5" x 5.5".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0200
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Black-and-white photograph (reproduction) depicting the aftermath of a battle. There is a cart holding a pile of bodies and people standing around it. To the left stand some children, while the other figures are adults. Faces are difficult to decipher, as they are turned away from the camera. Photograph probably taken ca. 1910-20, during the Mexica...
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989
Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1975
- Size:
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4.3 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0161
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of 4.3 cubic feet of manuscript, print, and photographic materials created or collected by Carl de Wendler-Funaro (1898-1985) in pursuit of his interest in Gypsy life and culture. (Carlos de Wendler-Funaro used several forms of his name; he wrote mostly as Carl de Wendler-Funaro.) The -collection was brought to the attentio...
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National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
Extractive Industries, Division of.
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Dates:
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circa 1880-circa 1970
- Size:
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10 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0200
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of postcards gathered by Dr. Victor A. Blenkle, a twentieth century physician. The postcards primarily concern geographical locations and landmarks in the United States and Western Europe, but also include materials from six other continents.