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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1981-1991, 1996, 1999
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15.5 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-084
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of videotapes and audiotapes created during the production of "Here At The Smithsonian" ("HATS"), an eight volume series of television productions. The series was conceived by Nazaret Cherkezian, Director, Office of Telecommunications (1976-1986) and produced by Ann Carroll (Volumes I-IV) and John P. Meehan (Volumes V-V...
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Williams, Ralph William
Breck Company.
Dial Corporation.
American Cyanamid Company
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circa 1936-1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 188 pieces of original artwork)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0651
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development and evolution of the Breck Girl, a highly successful and long-lived advertising campaign whose hallmark was its vision of idealized American womanhood through correspondence, photographs, paintings, and print advertisements.
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Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
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circa 1820-1932
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pealremb
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Archives of American Art
This collection of papers measures 0.2 linear feet, dates from circa 1820-1932, and provides scattered documentation of the lives of painter Rembrandt Peale and his wife Harriet. There are seven letters from Peale which discuss his Patriae Pater portrait of George Washington and his subsequent attempts to gain a commission from Congress for his equestrian portrait of the first president, as well as illuminating his opinion on patronage for the arts. The collection also contains a copy of Peale's lecture on "Washington and his Portraits," a page with drawings of Roman coins by Peale, two codicils to Harriet Peale's will, printed material including a pamphlet for Peale's The Court of Death and a catalog of sale for Harriet Peale's estate, and photographs of Rembrandt and Harriet Peale.
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Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904
Reid, Robert, 1862-1929
Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964
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1818-1847
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- series
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11 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite)
1 Photograph
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2009.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
This folder is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American art. Included in the folder are letters by Robert Reid, Hugo Robus, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Eugene Speicher, John Greenleaf Whittier and Peter A.B. Widener.
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Milch Gallery
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1911-1995
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42.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.milcgall
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Archives of American Art
The records of Milch Gallery measure 42.5 linear feet and date from 1911-1995. Edward Milch (1865-1953) opened the Edward Milch Gallery in New York City. In 1916, he formed a partnership with his brother Albert Milch (1881-1951), a gilder and framer, creating E. & A. Milch, Inc., a gallery specializing in American art. Harold C. Milch (1904-1981), Albert's son, was appointed a partner in 1944 and continued the business until his death. Business records of Milch Gallery, 1911-1968, include correspondence, sales records, inventories, financial records, printed matter, photographs, and legal documents. Later additions to the records date from 1922-1995 and include correspondence; artists' files; financial, sales, and stock records; printed material; and photographs.
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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
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before 1905
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1 Item (photographic print)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Photographic portrait of American Sculptor Augusts Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). An inscription below reads "To Charles Freer, a devoted friend. In loving memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens from AHSG (Augusta Homer Saint-Gaudens), Dec.10, 1907.
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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
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before 1912
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1 Item (photographic print)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Photographic portrait of American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). An inscription below reads "To my friend Charles L. Freer, D.W. Tryon, Jan. 1912. .
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Lovejoy, Rupert Scott, 1885-1975
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1904-1979
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0.58 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.loverupe
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Portland, Maine, dentist and painter Rupert Scott Lovejoy, measure 0.58 linear feet and date from 1904-1979. The collection includes biographical material, letters and sketches from painter Walter Griffin, research material on Griffin collected by Lovejoy, printed material including exhibition catalogs for Lovejoy's exhibitions, two portrait reliefs of Walter Griffin and Edward Souther Griffin, and photographs and nine glass plate negatives of Walter Griffin and his home in Stroudwater, Maine.
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 360
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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American Car and Foundry Co. (Jackson & Sharp Car Co.)
Jackson & Sharp Car Co.
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1948
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 21 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0156
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains order books, including design details of a wide variety of passenger, freight and specialty cars (including self-propelled electric cars), and cost accounts for the production department. Also included are 21 volumes of photographs of finished cars, arranged by lot number. These have separate indexes arranged alphabetically...