Archives Center Poster Collection
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- Creators:
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1910-2016
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120 Posters (14 map- folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0751
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of posters on various subjects, at present organized according to donor. Examples of contents include movie posters and propaganda posters.
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Spillman Engineering Corporation
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Misklea, M. Francis
Allan Herschell Co.
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1879-1956
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0665
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents, catalogs, scrapbooks, photographs and printed material relating to the carousels and other amusement park rides of the Allan Herschell Company (which earlier in its existence was called the Herschell-Spillman Company and the Spillman Engineerng Corporation).
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Merrill, Eliza W.
Merrill, Gertrude H.
- Dates:
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1807.
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0034
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Surveying book, August 13, 1807, contains measurement tables and sample problems for surveying land.
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Miller, Eric
- Dates:
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1953-1983.
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1 Item (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0587
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Seven concert programs from performances by Ella Fitzgerald.
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McCarter, Jay
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Dates:
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1940s-1950s.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0541
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of 78 r.p.m. recordings of jazz artists, including many by Duke Ellington, many of them test pressings.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Yim, Ken
Rider, Doug
English, Fred
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1969-1986
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0494
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of this collection consists of materials pertaining to Queenie Pie, a comic opera in seven scenes. Also included are publicity, correspondence for the opera, Ellington's autobiography Music is My Mistress, and a script for the Ellington work, My People.
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MacPheat, Will
- Dates:
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1920s-1930s.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0905
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of oil and gas extraction sites and equipment taken by field personnel of the United States Geological Survey in Montana and North Dakota
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Maevis, Alfred
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1903-1969
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1 Cubic foot (5 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0954
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Maevis' work on the New York subway system.
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Ritter, Tex
Louey, Gilbert
Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
Acuff, Roy
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1920s-1970s
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48 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0832
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films of country-western performers, including some Hollywood films and some television programs, such as "Hee Haw" and "Grand Ole Opry" .
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Lott, Juanita Tamayo
- Dates:
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1942-2005
bulk 1950-1970
- Size:
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0925
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists mostly of photographs of a Filipino American family in San Francisco, primarily in the 1950s and 1960s documenting family gatherings, vacations, and church and school events. Also includes photographs of residents of the International Hotel in San Francisco where many older low income Filipino immigrants lived.