African American Snapshots: photoprints
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Orr, Craig
- Dates:
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1929-1933.
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3 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0732
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of three photoprints of African American subjects. The dates and captions of the photographs are written on print surfaces.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1859-1879
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1.37 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Marble
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Marble forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Gerdau, Otto
Orr, Craig
- Dates:
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1876-1900
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0363
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the ivory importing firm of Heinrich Adolf Meyer, of Hamburg, Germany.
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
- Dates:
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1940s-2009
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24 film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Eklund, Jon B.
Soltoff, Roy
- Dates:
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1978-1984
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0275
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes four 90 minute audio tapes of interviews with Mr. Soltoff covering biographical information, education, work experience and professional career. Also included are: The interviewer's handwritten notes summarizing the interviews; and copies "Notes from Misosys", a publication on computer software edited by Mr. Soltoff.
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Shurr, Robert L.
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- Dates:
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1928
1948 - 1948
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0132
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of a photograph, several letters written by Handy, and several pieces of music which he published. Handy remains among the most influential of American Blues songwriters. Handy is credited with giving Blues, its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a reg...
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Bennett, Edwin, 1818-1908 (potter)
Edwin Bennett Pottery Company
Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1844-1881
- Size:
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4 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0213
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Early Bennett family histories, Edwin Bennett's autobiography, correspondence, 1914-1981, Bennett Pottery Company records, photographs, notebooks of clay and glaze formulae and other miscellaneous items, 1844-1981.
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Schiffman, Frank, ?-1972
Schiffman, Jack
- Dates:
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1931-1985
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4 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0540
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Frank Schiffman Apollo Theater Collection documents the business endeavors of Frank Schiffman, and the Apollo Theater's contribution to American culture. The collection includes sound recordings, personal and business correspondence, photographs, business records, and printed material. The collection is arranged in six series as follows: Serie...
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Stemmler, F. W. (businessman)
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1895-1897.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0336
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The copies of correspondence (typed and handwritten) concern Stemmler's wide-ranging business affairs, from international banking to personal purchases of horsedrawn carriages.
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Leeds and Northrup Company
Gray Instrument Company
Queen, James W., & Company
Queen Gray Company
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1850-1952
- Size:
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0015
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use. The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.