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Sutter, Fannie
- Dates:
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1919 - 1921
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1325
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scrapbook created by Fannie Sutter detailing her time attending Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Education. It contains photographs, programs of events, and personal notes written by Fannie Sutter and her classmates concerning exercising, acting, and dressing for plays.
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Simonson, Frank
See, Wayne
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1911-1913, undated
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1318
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Theater plat book used at the Philadelphia Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania showing stage plats for various productions.
Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection
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Jessee, Mark
Marks, Peter, 1843-1883
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1800-1915; undated
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1328
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Marks's years as a harpist on the Midwestern minstrel circuit. It primarily consists of sheet music and song books, theater programs, posters announcing minstrel shows, newspaper articles, and personal papers.
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King, D. Ward
- Dates:
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1902-2005
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0.75 Cubic feet ( 2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1332
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, publications and correspondence related to D. Ward King's invention the King Road Drag, or the Split-Oak drag, which improved rural travel in the early 20th century by introducing a simple design and low-effort system for grading poor-quality roads. The King Road Drag was promoted heavily across the United States and Canada via the "Good Roads Campaign" originally sponsored by the railroad companies in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Morton, Sterling, 1885-1961
Goodspeed, Charles B.
Teletype Corporation
Kleinschmidt, Edward E., 1876-1977
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1915-1930
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1259
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection largely contains correspondence regarding the Kleinschmidt Teletype, as well as financial records and newspaper clippings regarding the Teletype Company.
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LeMartine, Elaine
Bullis, Zaidee
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1944 - 1954
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1286
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Tommy Tucker, a squirrel kept as a pet by a Washington, D.C. woman, and includes photographs, letters, articles, tour information and a typed biography of Tommy Tucker.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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circa 1930-2000
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (maps)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1295
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection comprises road maps of the Unites States and Mexico spanning from the 1935 until 1996.
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DePasquale, Dolores
Ventura, Charlie, 1916-1992
- Dates:
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19XX
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1308
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of jazz saxophonist Charlie Ventura.
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1914-1925
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17 glass slides
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1294
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of seventeen glass lantern slides depicting World War I advertising and propaganda images. The images include clothing advertisements, home furnishings, local events, treasury and stamp savings, organizations such as the American Red Cross and Merchant Marines, and tips on rationing.
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Westbrook Theatre Corporation
Robinson, Verna Kimball, 1904-1988
Robinson, Colby W., 1900-1950
Westbrook Theatre
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1934-1950, undated
bulk 1939-1942
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0.15 Cubic feet (1.5 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1296
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the business records of the Westbrook Theatre Corporation of Westbrook, Maine. Records include the Colby, Rialto, and Knights of Pythias motion picture theatres in Bingham, Fryeburg, and elsewhere. The collection includes financial records, business correspondence, and photographs.