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1918
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 item)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1460
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of one panoramic photograph of a military band at Camp Upton, New York featuring Irving Berlin.
Charles Adler, Jr. Collection
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Adler, Charles, Jr., 1899-1980 (engineer, inventor)
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1899 - 1980
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6 Cubic feet (; 15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0351
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, photographs, patents, and printed materials documenting the inventive career of Charles Adler, Jr. Adler is best known for his development of the first traffic actuated signal light in 1928.
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Wood & Brooks Company
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1925-1966.
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0.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0457
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival records of the firm, including action specification sheets and a 1959 report on pressed felt specifications.
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Moore, Earl E.
Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Bowker, William
- Dates:
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1796.
- Size:
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1213
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An application and recommendation for William Bowker as a "suitable person to keep an inn". Signed by 13 men.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Washington Steel Corporation
- Dates:
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1947-1994
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1443
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains photographs and safety materials from the Washington Steel Corporation, a manufacturer based in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Hagan, Henry
Hagan Brothers Carriage and Wagonmakers (Frederick, Md.).
Carmen D. Valentino, American Historical Manuscripts.
Hagan, Charles
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1882-1903
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2.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes, 21 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1154
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In 1882, brothers Charles and Henry Hagan established a carriage, coach, and wagon business in Frederick, Maryland. This collection represents approximately two decades of business transactions through 21 volumes of daybooks and ledgers.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Koppers Company.
Bartlett-Hayward Company.
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1882-1950
- Size:
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6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0993
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; no...
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Foresight Institute. (Palo Alto, California)
Lubar, Steven D.
- Dates:
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1986-2004
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0863
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains an almost complete set of the quarterly newsletter Foresight Background and its successor Foresight Update from 1987 to January, 2004. Also included are five issues of Foresight Briefing. The Foresight Institute of Palo Alto, California, studies transformative technologies.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Pubols, Benjamin H., Jr.
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1950-2002
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0795
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of music memorabilia and printed ephemera. Examples of contents include concert programs and advertising. New material, much of it from the second half of the twentieth century, will be added regularly to this collection. This collection has been integrated into the Archives Center Business Americana Collection (NMAH.AC.040...
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General Electric Company
Gotti, Mary Beth
Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
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circa 1890s-1969
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5 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0789
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the technology of lighting and various business aspects of the General Electric Lighting Division throughout the 20th century and consists of correspondence, bulletins, price lists, business record books, stock certificates, sales and advertising materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and lantern slides.