Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer Poster Collection
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- Creators:
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Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm
Biegel, Paul E.
- Dates:
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1942-1952.
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20 Items (3 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0546
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty posters designed by Schlaikjer during World War II and after.
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Douglas, Stephen A., 1912- (World War II soldier)
- Dates:
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1942-1945
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0755
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series. Series 1: Illustrated Envelopes contains envelopes drawn by Stephen Douglas and mounted on mat boards. This type of painted envelope is also called "patriotic." See Lawrence Sherman, United States Patriotic Envelopes of World War II, 2006. Series 2: Unit History, documents the engineers in the South We...
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Goodstein-Aue, Justin H.
- Dates:
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2011
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12 Photographs (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1302
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twelve color prints documenting the Priscilla of Boston dress shop in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Zane, Michael Stuart, III
Kryptonite Lock Company (Canton, Massachusetts)
Zane, Elizabeth
- Dates:
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1972 - 2003
- Size:
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5.6 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0840
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Massachusetts entrepreneur Michael Zane purchased a bicycle lock design and its trade name, 'Kryptonite lock," in 1972. Working with members of his family, Zane developed the Kryptonite Corporation. The records consist of audio-visual materials, correspondence, design drawings, photographs, testing records, patent information, sales reports, product information, advertisements, clippings, periodicals, legal documents, and research files.
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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania General Store
- Dates:
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1863-1864
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0031
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes entries of items sold (including groceries, small household items, and general hardware).
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Piercy, Henry, Captain (landlord)
- Dates:
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1793-1799
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0041
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This one-page property account of Captain Henry Piercy, Alexandria, Va., describes rents received, taxes paid on properties.
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Ha! Comedy Network.
Goodman, Alan
VH-1.
Nickelodeon.
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1981-1992
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4 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0453
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains advertising and promotional materials primarily created by the Fred/Alan Advertising Agency, 1981-1992, for the MTV Network. Also advertising and promotional materials for Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, VH-1 and Ha! Comedy Networks.
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Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
- Dates:
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1923–1992
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33 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0415
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, appointment books, business records, music manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the activities of Duke Ellington and the management of Tempo Music, Incorporated. There is a small amount of material relating to the Ellingotn family.
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Nordic Ware Division, Northland Aluminum
Dalquist, H. David
Dalquist, Dorothy
- Dates:
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1940-2006
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28 Cubic feet (53 boxes and 25 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0980
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of a family-owned manufacturing firm, best known for kitchenware products including the Bundt Pan and Micro-Go-Round. The collection richly documents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Minnesota firm and its history of product innovation through technical files, marketing materials, and administrative and financial records.
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Pillsbury Company
- Dates:
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1933-1998
- Size:
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2.15 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0690
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Material documenting Pillsbury's Bake-Off from its inception in 1949 through its 50th anniversary in 1999. Papers include primarily cookbooks issued after Bake-Offs, biographies of contestants and VHS videos of five Bake-Offs.
