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Churchill, Christopher, 1977-
Cafaro, Carl
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2004 - 2006
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0.8 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1305
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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.
Ricki Covette Burlesque Collection
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Covette, Ricki
Jewell, Irene
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1950 - 1980
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1.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1335
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Six scrapbooks documenting the Burlesque career of Irene Jewell (stage name:Ricki Covette), who was billed as "The World's Tallest Exotic Dancer" at 6'8". The albums contain clippings; letters; certiicates; photographs, includng photographs of her act; ephemera, such as postcards, travel brochures, postcards and decals, from her travels; advertisem...
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Lightner, Candy
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1980-1998, undated
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3.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1262
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains materials related to the founding and activities of Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD.) and Candace Lightner from 1980 to 1992.
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Brooklyn Edison Company
Hall, Gretchen T.
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1936
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0.15 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1237
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, a guidebook titled Edison Wonder House, and photographs documenting the Edison Wonder House, a demonstration home created by the Brooklyn Edison Company in 1936 to showcase the wonders of electricity.
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Singer, Jonathan, Dr.
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2011
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2 Cubic feet (1 box, 13 photoprints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1243
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Custom-made wooden box containing 13 matted digital color prints, of guitars and a mandolin, by Dr. Singer. The subjects are custom-made instruments in private collections. Cover text: "Gibson Boxed Set #1/5 / This Gibson commemorative / Morrison Hotel Gallery / boxed edition containing / thirteen original digital / prints were shot with a / Hassel...
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
United Transportation Union
Nelsen, Malcolm H.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
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1950s-1960s..
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4.6 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1173
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Nelson's work with railroad labor unions, including the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The collection includes grievance files, bylaws of committees of the unions, meeting minutes and reports of those committees, company newsletters, and internal memoranda.
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McCowan, Richard
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1948 - 2009
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1210
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Four photographic prints by Richard McCowan, several presumably from negatives by other photographers: Harry Truman on his whistlestop campaign, 1948; Harry Truman with Winston Churchill, ca. 1950; Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 1992; and a carbro print, "Cobblestones, Tower of London," 1985.
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Bagby, Robert, d. 1972
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1919 - 1970
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1185
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Robert Bagby was a professional photographer and professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology. These slides depict the photographer himself, models, monuments in the Washington, DC area, and countryside scenes.
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McCloskey, William B., 1928-
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1952-2005
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5.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1192
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of photographic slides taken by McCloskey while aboard commerical fishing vessels. The photographs were taken in bodies of water spanning the globe, including those off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand, Alaska, New England, Canada, Norway, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Burma, Chile, Peru, ...
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Wiley, John
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1904 - 1953
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1194
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of maps of areas along the Appalachian Trail, some issued by clubs and trail conferences, and lantern slides depicting views of the Appalachian Trail, mountains, rivers, hikers, camp scenes, and canoeing, with special emphasis on Mt. Katahdin, Maine.