Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, Portland, postcards
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
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1905
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
1989.0438.1111 , Souvenir poster commemorating the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair held in Portland, Oregon in 1905. Inscribed: "OPENED JUNE 1ST 1905 CLOSESS OCT. 15TH (Sighting the Pacific - 1805);" logo; names of the fair buildings; birds eye view of the exposition. Artist: Coughey. Copyright 1903 by Lewis & Clark Exposition Co. ,
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
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1903; 1905
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
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.
Lawn Displays in front of Agricultural Building, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon
- Level:
- file
- Creators:
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Butzer, J. J.
- Dates:
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1905
- Size:
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3 Mounted photographs
- Collection ID:
- AAG.BUR
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
Frederick William True Papers
This record unit contains correspondence of Frederick William True with zoologists, naturalists, museum officials, Smithsonian administrators, and friends concerning specimens, publication of manuscripts, exhibitions, his trip to the Pribilof Islands in 1895, and USNM affairs. Also included are files concerning the preparation of exhibits, material related to True's studies of fossil …
Elizabeth H. and Sarah S. Metcalf photograph collection relating to the Philippines
150 Postcards (circa, halftone, collotype, and chromolithograph)
560 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
175 Negatives (circa, glass)
85 Lantern slides (circa)
5 Linear feet (Manuscript material :)
The collection comprises photographs documenting peoples of the Philippines, including Benguet, Bogobo, Igorot, Ifugao, Moro, and Negrito people and their environment. ALso included are photographs of the military presence in the Philippines. The photographs, including prints and postcards, were made or collected by Elizabeth H. and Sarah S. Metcalf during …
Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum
The exposition records of this collection provide an account of the Smithsonian's involvement in twenty-two domestic and foreign expositions between 1876 and 1908. The depth of coverage in the records is uneven, but they still convey a wealth of information about Smithsonian participation in expositions, chiefly during the last quarter of the …
William J. Hammer Collection
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
26 Negatives (glass)
10 Negatives (nitrate)
6 Autochromes (photographs)
50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)
1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))
239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))
96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)
Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, cliff dwellings, and grave …
Herbert Waide Hemphill papers
bulk 1876-1998
The papers of folk art collector and museum curator Herbert Waide Hemphill date from 1776-1998, bulk 1876-1998, and measure 26.7 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, personal business records, files documenting his collecting, writings, art work, minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, printed material including exhibition and auction announcements and catalogs, and miscellaneous artifacts. The collection also contains numerous photographs of Hemphill, family members, his residences, friends and colleagues, exhibitions, travel, and art work. Sound and video recordings include interviews of Hemphill.
