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Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
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1899
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0460
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook compiled by an unidentified person, containing materials relating to the Spanish-American War Peace Jubilee event in Washington, D.C. The items in the scrapbook consist mostly of clippings, and a disassembled program book from the parade and other events that took place during the Jubilee. The pages of the program book contain numerous ad...
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Ivory Soap Advertising Collection
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Procter & Gamble Company
Leyendecker, J. C., 1874-1951
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
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1883-1998
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10 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0791
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Print advertisements covering almost the entire history of Ivory Soap, including advertisements designed by artists including Jesse Wilcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and J. C. Leyendecker.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-circa 1960
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13 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0468
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) ...
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Jessee, Mark
Marks, Peter, 1843-1883
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1800-1915; undated
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1328
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Marks's years as a harpist on the Midwestern minstrel circuit. It primarily consists of sheet music and song books, theater programs, posters announcing minstrel shows, newspaper articles, and personal papers.
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1914-1925
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17 glass slides
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1294
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of seventeen glass lantern slides depicting World War I advertising and propaganda images. The images include clothing advertisements, home furnishings, local events, treasury and stamp savings, organizations such as the American Red Cross and Merchant Marines, and tips on rationing.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Holly Manufacturing Company
Worthington Corporation
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1840-1982
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18 Cubic feet (54 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0916
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the products and business activities of the Worthington Corporation, its predecessors and its subsidiaries. The records focus on the products that the Worthington Corporation produced, including steam pumps, hydraulic pumps and gas engines.
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Newman, Louis
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1895-1999
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4 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0696
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Baseball memorabilia, including postcards, of teams, players, venues and other baseball-related topics; team programs, 1930s-1990s, mostly for minor league teams but including a few major league teams; sheet music; advertising on baseball topics; posters; black-and-white photographs of baseball players and teams; and ephemeral items such as ticket stubs.
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New York University
Arthur, James, 1842-1912 ((machine shop owner))
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1743-1967.
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15 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0130
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records contain material on the Arthur collection of clocks and watches. Includes publications, inventories, manuscripts, reports, photographs, advertisements, catalogues, newspaper clippings, patents, and business records; correspondence files of NYU curators concerning the administration of the collection; a watch record book of sales of Ez...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1815-1972
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3.21 Cubic feet (consisting of 6.5 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversized folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Stocks
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Baker, Lester R., 1879?-1884 (donor's cousin)
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circa 1882-1884
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 scrapbook)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0136
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scrapbook containing Valentines, advertising cards, and postcards.