Frick Company Records
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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
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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.
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Raser, John B.
- Dates:
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Circa 1880-1920
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (Ink on paper., 5.3 x 3.3 in.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Beverages
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Front depicts two boys, one standing, wearing a hat, and holding the ankles of a boy with a blue shirt. The boy with the blue shirt has his hands on the ground, so that the pair look like a wheelbarrow. The verso mimics a reward poster, offering {dollar}500 to anyone who can find a better root beer than Raser's.
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- subseries
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Dry
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials relate to dry goods produced or sold in the United States, Europe and Asia and originate from the manufacturers and distributors of clothing, furniture, groceries, fabrics, domestics, notions, etc. Producers of equipment for retailers like clothes racks and display cases are also represented. The oversize items are comprised of printed ad...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1850-1957
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55 Boxes (approximately.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S02
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. Series 2 materials include cinema lobby cards, fire insurance maps, photographs and scrapbooks of liquor and wine labels. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
- Dates:
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undated
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30 Cubic feet (129 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0900
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the life and career of bass player Leonard Gaskin, as well as documenting the numerous other musicians he was associated with in his long career. Gaskin's career encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including gospel, rock, folk, and Caribbean music. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, music manusc...
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Architectural League of New York
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1880s-1974
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114.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.archleag
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Architectural League of New York measure 114.9 linear feet and date from 1880s-1974 (bulk 1927-1968). The League's mission "to advance the art of architecture" is documented through administrative and business records, committee records and officers' files, exhibition files, records of functions and events, correspondence, publicity files, photographs, lantern slides, and 16 scrapbooks.
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Boyd, Walter Willard, Dr.
Boyd, John C.
Carpenter, Josephine
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1874-1945
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6 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
2 Motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0707
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers related to Dr. John C. Boyd's career as a U.S. Navy surgeon, including his commission, names recommended for awards, his casebook for 1874-1877, his correspondence, including two letterpress books, 1895-1902; photographs. Also photographs, especially those by his son, Dr. Walter Willard Boyd, of Dr. Harvey Cushing performing neurosurgical and other operations; two films (1931) of an operation; two scrapbooks, including one outlining an accident and eventual amputation of the leg of Walter Jones Willard (includes letters and sympathy cards).
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Nordfeldt, Bror Julius Olsson, 1878-1955
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1909-1989
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3.6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nordbror
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, correspondence, business records, writings and notes, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs document Nordfeldt's career as a painter and instructor, and his widow's involvement after his death in exhibitions, biographies, and sales of his work.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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circa 1544-1988
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1,108 Cubic feet (consisting of approximately 2,050 of boxes, approximately 336 oversize boxes, map case material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. Series 1 is organized into two sub-groups. The first is divided into 468 subject categories. The second sub-group is divided into 68 geographical categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956
- Dates:
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1889-2001
bulk 1900-1954
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7.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bealgiff
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and muralist Gifford Beal measure 7.7 linear feet and date from 1889 to 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of artwork, in addition to correspondence, writings, printed matter, including one scrapbook, pictorial subject files, photographs, and two scrapbooks of photographs of works of art. Artwork is primarily in the form of sketches and seventy-eight sketchbooks in a wide variety of media. Among the loose sketches are twenty-eight oil paintings on wood board or panel, and fourteen large pastel drawings on canvas depicting dancing figures in a romantic style. Artwork by other artists in the collection include prints by Arthur B. Davies, Rockwell Kent, and Denys Wortman.