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ca. 1910-1920.
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0.1 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0246
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection designated for miscellaneous glass plates, unidentified and/or of unknown provenance. The plates included here are indexed, but additional items may be added to the collection. There are eight plates, both negatives and positives; subjects include a man with cog railway tracks(?), two images of an observatory and two of the moon, and fou...
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Walker, John Brown, 1815-1908
Coats, Helen Hotchkiss
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1815-1908
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0249
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John B. Walker was an itinerant artist who made paper cut-out designs that he sent to his friends as presents, decorations, and commemorations. His collection did not come to light until the early 1960s in Geauga County, Ohio.
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Rogers, John B., Producing Company
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
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1929-1934.
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0245
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John B. Rogers Producing Company was established in 1903 as a supplier of costumes, sets, lights, and scripts for amateur theater. Its main office remained in Fostoria, Ohio until 1977, when the company moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Dean, W.E., Mrs.
Dean, William E., Jr., -1965 (civil engineer)
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1949-1965
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0230
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dean's technical papers on pre-stressed concrete bridge construction, standard specifications on such bridges, photographs of bridges and promotional brochures on concrete use; also, biographical material, including an obituary.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Graphic Arts
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circa 1889-1900
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Picto...
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Data Processing Digest, Inc.
Milligan, Margaret
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1955-1974
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15.6 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Magazine and newspaper clippings (1955-1974) from various sources, on the development of the computer industry; six rolls of microfilm (1955-1966); and issues of Data Processing Digest, 1970-1974.
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Hoak, Bill
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
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1909-1972
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0236
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents major-league baseball players, circa 1909-1912, through photographs and newspapers.
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Beers, E.R.
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1909-1938
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6.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0232
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents E.R. Beers's business records, his personal collection of Edison trivia, and correspondence between Beers and General Electric (1909-1922).
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Richards, Linda, 1841-1930 (nurse)
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1886-1890
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0221
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Linda Richards was the first woman nurse trained in the United States at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. When these letters were written, she was a missionary nurse and the head of the first training school for nurses in Japan.
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Mawhinney, Matthew (engineer)
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1917-1978
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matthew Mawhinney, an engineer specializing in industrial furnace design and operation, collected this material during his career with Salem Engineering Co. and later as a consulting engineer.
