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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
- Dates:
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2009-06-03
2008-07-16
2011 May 7
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0.15 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1281
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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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
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0416
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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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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Looney, Charles Thomas George, 1906-1987
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1917-1971.
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9.1 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1084
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Charles T. G. Looney contain handbooks, lectures, manuals, pamphlets, regulations reports, and research bulletins on structural design, concrete and steel materials testing, impact and stress studies, bridges, earthquakes, and erosion, building codes, waterpower, mathematical calculations, professional associations, and related engine...
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Marconi, Maria, Marchesa
Marconi, Elletra, Princess
Marconi, Guglielmo, Marchese, 1874-1937
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1930s.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0167
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A photomechanical photograph (with plate marks, bearning Marconi's signature) of the Marchese Marconi and two photographic copy prints of the Marchese, the Marchesa, and their daughter Elettra Marconi. Also three copy photographs (in control file) made by OPPS, apparently from a loan. Copies of other Marconi family photographs: OPPS Negs. 88-16398...
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Wainwright Family
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1777-1893
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0244
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The correspondence, financial and legal materials, writing and notes, and various other materials of the Wainwright family who lived in early 1800s New York.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
MacFarlane, W.D.
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ca. 1870-1892.
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0337
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook created by W. D. MacFarlane who was a partner, with his brother Robert, in the MacFarlane Old Dye Works in Albany, New York. The book contains chemical solutions for dying textiles, newspaper clippings, marriage and obituary notices, poems and political cartoons.
Jon and Jennifer Hanson Watch and Clock Collection
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Hanson, Jon
Hamilton Watch Company.
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1931-1954
undated
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11.7 Cubic feet (8 boxes including photographs and negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1122
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints and negatives documenting the interior operations of the Hamilton Watch Company primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Rule, Bob (Robert M.)
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ca. 1950-1999.
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1.5 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0855
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials document Bob Rule's career as a yo-yo demonstrator, expert, promoter and contest winner.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1844-1968
undated
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10 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S20
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 20, Newspapers contains sheet music and other materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards newspapers in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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undated
1824-1981
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75 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S21
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 20, Newspapers contains approximately 4,900 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards the playing of music in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.