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Clarence Brooks and Co.
- Dates:
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[1885?]
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (Ink on paper, 3" x 4-3/4".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Paints
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Clarence Brooks and Co. trade card showing two African-American men with an African American shoeshine boy. The boy is pointing to the shoes of one man, who wears a red and yellow suit. Caption: "Elderly gent, 'Why does he want to shine 'em up for nuffin? Spect de little nigger tinks deyd be a big advertisement for him.'"
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1833-1975
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3.21 Cubic feet (consisting of 7 boxes, 3 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Office
- 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: Office Equipment 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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1978 - 1979
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1315
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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circa 1960-circa 2000
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- AAA.yoshray
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
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Association of Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861
- Dates:
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April 15, 1899
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (Ink on paper., 2.7" x 3.8".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.CivilWar
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Souvenir card from the Association of Minute Men of '61 Reunion and Banquet, American House, Boston. Includes image of a man holding a gun and trying to put on a coat while running.
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Mrs. Potts' Cold Handle Iron
- Dates:
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undated
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (Ink on paper., 2.6" x 4.3")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Laundry
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Illustration of an auctioneer holding an iron. Crowd surrounding him made up of housewives, men, servants, Chinese laundryman. Recto is blank.
Contained In:
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories / Business Records, Marketing Material, and Other / Manufacturers and Distributors of Laundry Machinery and Accessories / Enterprise Manufacturer Company / Only one more left who wants to buy it? [trade card]
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1883-1951
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Schools
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Several dance cards from events held by various clubs and organizations and other programs. The Graduate Record keepsake book is blank. There are three issues of the Regis Monthly (1921 October-December). One print illustration of the exterior of an old school house.
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- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Paper
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Flags
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1940
1902-1915
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tools
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A large assortment of blotter cards featuring a variety of printed calendars, product advertising or pictorial images. Mostly from Samuel J. Shimer & Sons of Milton, Pennsylvania but a few examples also from other companies.