Nineteenth Century Actor Photograph Collection
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- Creators:
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Templin, Roger P.
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1868-1897
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0779
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Cigar/cigarette cards and cabinet photographs portraying actors (male and female) from the late 19th century. The photographs are predominantly American actors but some English and French performers are also included. Some of the more prominent persons represented are Lulu Glaser, Francis Wilson, and Georgia Cayvan, plus others listed below.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1827-1986; undated
- Size:
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66 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S09
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 9: Domestic and Community Life documents family, love, marriage, home, and social organizations. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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- Creators:
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1834 - 1964
- Size:
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10 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S24
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 24 contains materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards Education in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Joseph, Katherine
Hertzberg, Suzanne
- Dates:
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1962 - 1962
1938-1944
bulk 1941-1941
- Size:
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1 sound disc (33 1/3 RPM)
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0944
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Katherine Joseph's career as staff photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The papers contain negatives and prints taken in Mexico, and some photographs of a White House event in 1938, featuring Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; and images of American workers on the home front during World War II.
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Discover Card.
- Dates:
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circa 1996-1997
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0636
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Color snapshots of family groups, with contest entry forms; also, copy of CD-ROM used in exhibition.
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Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
- Dates:
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1950 - 1959
- Size:
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42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
INDUSTRY ON PARADE was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
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Stone, William Dickinson, 1836-1908
Perdue, Crispin
- Dates:
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1865-2003
bulk 1865-1885
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1358
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A general store ledger and business papers from the William D. Stone General Store located in Franklin County, Virginia and a Stone and Parker family history.
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Levine, Benjamin, (promoter), 1888-1978
Levine, Bertram
- Dates:
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1902-1963
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0435
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of newsclippings, photographs, event programs, correspondence, and a poster documenting the development of amateur boxing in the United States.
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Nixdorff, Louis S., 1906-1992 (Olympic athlete)
- Dates:
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1926 - 1987
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0443
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Louis S. Nixdorff's participation in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. He was a member of the University lacrosse team that represented the United States.
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- Creators:
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Sutton, John G.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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ca. 1903-1961.
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0994
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain a scrapbook, 1903-1912; publications of C. G. Elliot, head of the USDA's drainage work; papers and reports on drainage pumping plants, tile, and ditches, 1916-1920, 1926, 1931; and historical studies of drainage work, 1937-1938, 1947,1957,1961.