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Niagara Falls Power Company
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1899 - 1919
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7 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0949
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of bound photograph albums and loose photographs documenting the construction of the Adams Power Station (hydroelectric plant) and allied structures of the Niagara Falls Power Company, 1899-1919.
A. Bernie Wood Papers
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Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
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1942-2001
bulk 1960-1969
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10 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0962
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
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1835-1930
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0225
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection of personal notebooks of civil engineers.
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Ochoa, Elizabeth V.
Ochoa, Victor Leaton
International Airship Co.
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circa 1894-1945
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0590
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document Victor L. Ochoa, Mexican American inventor of the Ochoaplane, orinthopter (an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings), a windmill, magnetic brakes, a wrench and a reversible motor. The papers include correspondence, photographs, patents, both U.S. and foreign, drawings and typescripts for a short story, "The Making of an American," and a novel The Cycle of Life or Professor Mimo Abas: The Wise Man of the Land of Moctezuma.
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Shaffer, Earl V., 1918-2002
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bulk 1803 - 2007, undated
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16 Cubic feet (50 boxes, 15 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0828
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the trail diaries, papers, photographs and slides, and writings of Earl V. Shaffer, the man credited with being the first person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail (AT). His complete trail hikes took place in 1948, 1965, and 1998. He was also a hiking and nature enthusiast and advocate.
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Singer, Jonathan, Dr.
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2011
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2 Cubic feet (1 box, 13 photoprints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1243
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Custom-made wooden box containing 13 matted digital color prints, of guitars and a mandolin, by Dr. Singer. The subjects are custom-made instruments in private collections. Cover text: "Gibson Boxed Set #1/5 / This Gibson commemorative / Morrison Hotel Gallery / boxed edition containing / thirteen original digital / prints were shot with a / Hassel...
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Card, Solomon A., Jr., 1921-1975
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1938-1976
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1260
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the career of Chaplain Solomon A. Card, Jr, a United States Army chaplain,who served tours of duty in Korea and in Vietnam. He remained in the Army for twenty years and died just three months after retiring at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Challis, John, 1907-1974
Frayer, William W.
Truesdale, Ephraim
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circa 1900-1974
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24 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1375
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Challis Harpsichord business, and the lives of Mr. Challis and his partner, Ephraim Truesdale. The collection contains correspondence, both personal and business; business records, including ledgers and journals; drawings, including design drawings for harpsichord decorations and elements; client files; subject files, e...
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Kemmer, Frank
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1916-1917
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1041
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photograph album showing all aspects of construction of the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina.
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New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies
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1831-1978
bulk 1903-1933
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8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 10 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1071
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.
