Fox Movie Flash Street Photography Records
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Fox Movie Flash
Selle, Joseph, 1906-1988
Rose, Bob
- Dates:
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circa 1930-1975
bulk 1945-1975
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4 Cubic feet ((6 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0853
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the professional activities of Joseph Selle (1906-1988), a photographer and proprietor of Fox Movie Flash, a street photography business in San Francisco, California. There are a few documents relating to Selle's personal life, but the bulk of the papers relate to his street photography business. Most of the documents date from between 1945 and 1975 and include insurance papers, correspondence, legal documents, receipts, tax records, cashbooks, employment applications, newspaper clippings, licenses and permits, payroll materials, and bank statements, as well as samples of photographs from the business.
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Luchs, Kenneth J.
Henry J. Kaufman and Associates (Washington, D.C.)
- Dates:
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1930-1980
bulk 1930s-1970s
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0843
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials relating to Henry J. Kaufman, including photographs and ID cards; and the records of the Kaufman firm, including six scrapbooks, one for each decade; company newsletters, photographs, and other papers detailing the business history of the company as well as its social and other internal activities.
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James Knights Co.
- Dates:
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1951-1981
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (1 box)
1 film reel
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0847
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents proposed legislation regulating the import and export of watch components. Also included is a film entitled "Crystals for the Critical".
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Judd, Michael
MacCready, Paul, 1925-
- Dates:
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November 8, 2002
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0842
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes nine (9) original Beta Cam SP videos documenting interviews with Paul MacCready, the father of human powered flight. MacCready invented the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross.
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Servodyne Corporation
Gunnarson, John
Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1955-1971
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0839
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Servodyne Company attempted to develop a prototype of the household microwave. The business records cover the operations and meetings of the company, as well as the corporation's financial troubles and liquidation following its bankruptcy in 1968. Also included are design details and photographs of the ovens.
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Watson, John (M.D.)
Topaz, Stephen
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
Kolff, Wilhelm, 1911-
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2002
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0841
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A series of interviews conducted jointly by the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Medicine. The interviews are of scientists and others instrumental involved in the invention and development of artificial internal organs. Project Bionics is ongoing and may include additional interviews or other materials in the future.
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Zane, Michael Stuart, III
Kryptonite Lock Company
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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Hirschkovitz, Jacob
Blinder, Joseph, 1884-1973
- Dates:
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Circa 1908-circa 1911
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0831
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Joseph Blinder was born in Russia in 1884 and immigrated to the United States in 1908. He attended Bellevue Medical College (New York University) and graduated in 1911. The collection consists of Blinder's bound medical notebooks, class notes, lab notes, and miscellaneous papers during his medical education at Bellevue from 1908-1911. The notebooks cover the following topics: pharmacology, anatomy, obstetrics, physiology, chemistry, and pathology. There are some loose handouts in the notebooks from professors Dr. Brooks and Dr. Smith.
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Duncan, James T.
Duncan, Paul
- Dates:
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1937-1941
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0827
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Filmed entirely on location at the W. Clark McMillen Farm in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the Paul Duncan Film Collection documents three types of now obsolete farming practices using draft horses and manual labor: making hay (1937), threshing wheat (1939), and cradling & flailing (1941). The film is 8mm, black and white and color. Edge codes date f...
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Cheatham, Doc, 1905-1997
Cheatham, Amanda
- Dates:
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1939-1998
- Size:
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11 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0814
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Cheatham's career as a jazz trumpeter. The papers include passports, appointment and address books; photographs, both personal and professional; a transcript of an interview of Cheatham; sheet music, including parts for various instruments; home movies from Cheatham's travels; awards and certificates; printed material including posters, programs, clippings.