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Flaherty, Stacy A.
Crain Communications.
Bernstein, Sid
- Dates:
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1989-1991.
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3 Cubic feet (7 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0434
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audiotapes, Series 1: Interviews with Bernstein and others, conducted by Stacy A. Flaherty, coodinator and historian of the Center for Advertising History (an Archives Center program). Subseries 1.1 Audiocassette masters; Subseries 1.2: Reel-to-reel masters; Subseries 1.3: Audiocassettes for researcher use (2 copies).
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Faul, Jan, 1945-
- Dates:
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1991
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0441
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is a set of twenty-four black-and-white silver gelatin prints entitled "Potomac: East and West," by Jan Faul, 1991. They include agricultural landscapes, cemeteries, industrial buildings commercial buildings in rural areas, etc., in the Potomac River region of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each image contains a small area hand-colored by the photographer, providing a subtly mysterious, often whimsical or humorous effect.
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Condon, Robert B.
Condon, Robert Scofield, (engineer), 1896-1973
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circa 1924-1973
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0428
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The approximately 3 cubic feet of material contain copies of patents issued to Robert Scofield Condon for pencil lead pointers, pencil sharpeners, milling machines, gear cutting machines, and similar devices, as well as correspondence related to the patents from the United States Patent Office and with attorneys. Photographs depict Condon designs ...
Hart, Schaffner and Marx Records
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Hart, Schaffner and Marx.
Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1901-1955
- Size:
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6 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0426
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection falls roughly into 4 parts. Series 1 is primarily composed of the company's history and its advertising, including a number of style books. The historical materials highlight the firm's importance in the men's clothing industry; the style books are a valuable record of styles in men's clothing during the first half of the 20th cent...
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Stewart, Rex (William), Jr., 1907-1967 (cornetist)
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circa 1875-1890s, 1924-1988
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2.4 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0424
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Rex Stewart Papers consist of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, genealogical records, newsclippings, periodicals, and ephemera materials that document the life and career of Rex Stewart, as well as the history of jazz from the perspective of one who witnessed first-hand the genre's "golden era". The collection is organ...
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Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1947-1990
- Size:
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5.5 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0403
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents three major areas of Jacob Rabinow's work in improvement of electronic and other devices: phonograph record players, optical character recognition (reading machines) and automatic self regulation of watches and clocks.
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Smithsonian World
- Dates:
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1990-1991
- Size:
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23 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0418
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents "Selling the Dream" was an hour long television documentary that aired in early 1991 as part of the public television series, Smithsonian World.
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MacCormack, Forrest (intern)
Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917
Talman, Hugh (photographer)
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1993 - 1993
circa 1888-1899, 1906
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0416
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty glass plate negatives and reference copy prints of the images taken between the late 1880s and the early 1900s by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie. The images depict the skyline of Washington D.C., views from the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, blueprints for the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, and an unidentified orchestra.
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Fogel, Byron J.
- Dates:
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1961 - 2007
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0419
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
More than 400 placemats collected between 1961 and 2007 from throughout the United States and abroad. The collection consists of advertising placemat used by a variety of restaurants, hotels, casinos, and expositions.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Harman, Carter
- Dates:
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1991 - 1991
1956,1964
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0422
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection captures Duke Ellington's thoughts on music, performing, composing, and his personal history in his own voice in approximately 20 hours of interviews conducted in 1956 and 1964.