Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Clothing
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- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1833-1944
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0.59 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 4 folders, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Clothing
- 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: Clothing 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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Ma, Paul
Ma, Linda
- Dates:
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1976-2000
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1469
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Paul Ma's work as a chef and his efforts to popularize Chinese food in America.
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Fernandez, Castor
Castor Advertising Corporation
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1960-2007, 2018
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1461
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the Castor Advertising Corporation, Castor SG&B, and Castor Spanish International, which specialized in reaching Hispanic audiences.
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Friedman, Dan, 1945-1995
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1967 - 1995
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
General correspondence files contain all communications that do not pertain to a specific project. Because Friedman's personal life and business were so interconnected, many of his business associates also shared personal correspondence with the designer.,Materials in this collection document Friedman's work from 1967, as a student, until his death...
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Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
- Dates:
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Norrell, Thomas, 1899-1985
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circa 1840-circa 1960
bulk 1870-1940
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18 Cubic feet (84 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1174
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 11,000 images collected by Thomas Norrell consisting of original photographic prints and photographic postcards, original film and glass plate negatives, and duplicate/copy photographic prints and negatives. The majority are external views of single locomotive engines of North American railroad and industrial companies. Images of international railroad company locomotives and of representative locomotives from various locomotive works and builders are also included. The collection contains a small number of subject-specific images covering such topics as train wrecks, funeral trains, experimental locomotives, miniature trains, and locomotives at the 1933 and 1939 World's Fairs.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman-Standard
- Dates:
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circa 1882-1955
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128.5 Cubic feet (145 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1175
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of approximately 13,500 images (original photographs, copy prints, and film and glass plate negatives) for freight, passenger, private, and street and rapid transit cars manufactured by the Pullman Palace Car Company. The collection contains primarily early railroad Americana, including interior and exterior views of private and business cars as well as passenger and street cars. The collection is an important part of the historical record of the railroad car-building industry as well as the history of architecture and interior design.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated
Lockwood-Greene Company
Whitman, David
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1784-2004
bulk 1915-1930
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270 Cubic feet (233 boxes, 850 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1113
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The engineering firm that became Lockwood Greene was founded by David Whitman, a mill engineer, in 1832. Amos D. Lockwood, a consultant, succeeded Whitman and entered a partnership with Stephen Greene in 1882. The firm specialized in industrial engineering and construction; they designed and built a wide variety of structures and work environments worldwide over the next century. Lockwood Greene was acquired by CH2M HILL in December, 2003. Before its acquisition by CH2MHILL it was reportedly the oldest industrial engineering, construction, and professional services firm in the United States.
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Haskell & Barker Car Company
- Dates:
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undated
1926-1957
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13.5 Cubic feet (47 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1183
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of photograpic negatives from the Haskell and Barker Car Company, manufacturers of railroad cars, of Michigan City, Indiana.
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Southern Iron & Equipment Company
Bond, Edward
- Dates:
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1903-1960
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0354
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the rebuilding of locomotives by the Southern Iron & Equipment Company during the period circa 1903-1960. They consist of one folder of "Memorandum of Locomotive Numbers" and a number of 4" x 6" cards recording sales of rebuilt locomotives. The "Memorandum," (forty-eight pages) lists the locomotives by number and shows the ...