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American Public Power Association
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1950 - 1982
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0.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1337
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Persuasive printed materials offered by the Association to member utilities, to use as ads in local newspapers or as bill stuffers, on public interest subjects such as holiday safety, energy saving, the conveniences of electric appliances, and other topics; persuasive printed materials, mostly offered by investor-owned utilities, in opposition to p...
Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company Records and Blumenthal Family Papers
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Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Blumenthal, M.L.
Blumenthal, Joseph
Blumenthal, Barbara B.
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1856-2010
bulk 1900-1969
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1344
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records from Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company, manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa products, including well-known candies such as Snocaps, Raisinets, and Goobers. They were located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was sold to Ward Foods Incorporated in 1969. This collection also includes material collected by and about the Blumenthal family and from M.L. Blumenthal, noted illustrator of the early 20th century.
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Rockwell, David Hadley
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1980-2004, undated
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3.2 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1342
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive collection of advertisements, club cards, ephemera, and invitations publicizing venues and events at entertainment clubs and venues in New York City, New York, New Jersey, and Florida. The materials make use of a variety of graphic arts styles.
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Churchill, Christopher, 1977-
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2004 - 2006
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0.8 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1305
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Three black and white silver gelatin photographic prints by photographers Chris Churchill from his "American Faith" series, 2004-2006.
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Cover, Jack
Meyer, Greg
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1946 - 2009
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1311
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the invention, development, use, and popularization of the Taser, a nonlethal weapon invented by Jack Covers.
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Rosenthal, Mel, 1940-
Perry Mapp, Roberta
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circa 1975-2010
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49 Items (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1307
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Black-and-white photoprints from two documentary projects: "In the South Bronx of America" and "Refuge". Mel Rosenthal's mission in the Bronx project was to record the deterioration and poverty there. Some photographs from the Bronx project have also been used in the "Refuge" project, because they document immigrants who moved into the Bronx.
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Stewart, Charles, 1927-
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1964 - 1971
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0.15 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1321
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of twenty-five inkjet prints from original film negatives of John Coltrane and others. The majority of the photographs were taken by Stewart during the December 10, 1964 recording of Coltrane's biggest hit, "A Love Supreme". Some of the images include Coltrane's wife, Alice Coltrane, and others include musicians Pharoah Sand...
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3M Company
- Dates:
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1941-1984
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3 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1322
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of the company's monthly employee newsletter, 3M Megaphone.
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Simonson, Frank
- Dates:
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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.
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Hall, Joseph Underwood, Jr.
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1780-1976, undated
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1317
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents the personal life and medical career of Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall Jr. Hall who was among the first to use the new X-ray technology and built his own X-ray machine.
