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undated
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2 Postcards (color halftone)
8 Color postcards
10 Photographic postcards
11 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2002-22
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting the people and landscapes of Panama, Morocco and the Azores. The collection includes images of villages and structures in Panama, Andre Leconte postcards of Morocco and northern Africa, and an aerial view of an island in the Azores. Also included is a leaflet describing the history and culture of the Azores.
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June 12, 1939, through April 22, 1940
bulk June 28, 1939, through July 4, 1939
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 scrapbook)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0309
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook, "To Europe By Air," assembled by railroad executive William J. Eck to document his trip June 28 to July 4, 1939, on Pan American Airways' (PAA) first transatlantic passenger flight on the Boeing Model 314 Clipper "Dixie Clipper" flying boat and containing information on its crew, passengers, and ports of call.
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Read, A. C. (Albert Cushing), 1887-1967
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1919-1946
bulk May 1919 to June 1919
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1.74 Cubic feet (1 legal document box, three oversized boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0391
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Rear Admiral Albert C. Read (1887-1967) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1907 and became Naval Aviator #24 in July 1915. In 1919, Read was the commander of the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic. The NC-4 covered 2150 nautical miles, from Nova Scotia to the Azores. The NC-4 was joined in the flight by the Curtiss NC-1 and Curtiss NC-3, but both the NC-1 and NC-3 were forced to land in the open sea. This collection consists of the following: black scrapbook containing photographs with US Navy numbers; newspaper front pages; reports; cable grams; signals and dispatches; the NC-4 log; biography of Read; and correspondence.
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1919
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0903
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of eight black and white photographs, mounted on album pages, documenting the flight of the Curtiss NC-1, the Curtiss NC-3, and the Curtiss NC-4 aircraft in their effort to make the first trans-Atlantic crossing by air.
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Smith, Richard K.
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circa 1918-1969
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1.9 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0418
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 50th Anniversary of the NC-4 Transatlantic Flight Collection [Smith] Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, published materials, maps, and photographs. The collection also includes photocopies of aircraft logs, naval ship logs, weather reports, progress reports, biographies of the participants, information on the construction of the NC Aircraft and the general planning for the flight, and original material on the thirtieth and fiftieth anniversaries of the flight.
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United States. Navy
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
- Dates:
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1918-1969
bulk 1919-1919
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1.51 Cubic feet (2 records center boxes)
2.27 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0422
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of reports on the design, construction, and testing of the NC series flying boats and photographs of NC-4's construction and transatlantic flight.
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Mowbray, H. Siddons (Harry Siddons), 1858-1928
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1872-1976
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7.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mowbharr
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and muralist Harry Siddons Mowbray (1858-1928) and the Mowbray family measure 7.5 linear feet and date from 1872 to 1976. The papers document Mowbray's career as a painter and decorative muralist as well as his activities with the Commission of Fine Arts, the American Academy in Rome, and the Sculpture Commission of Connecticut. The papers include biographical materials, scattered correspondence, nineteen diaries, personal business records, commission files, organization files, writings and notes, printed materials, three scrapbooks, photographs, and artworks. There are scattered family papers of Helen Mowbray, Florence Mowbray, George Mowbray, and George Siddons Mowbray.
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Henderson, William Penhallow, 1877-1943
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1876-1987
bulk 1876-1943
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10.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hendwill
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Chicago and Santa Fe painter, muralist, architect, and furniture designer William Penhallow Henderson measure 10.5 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1987 (bulk dates 1876 to 1943). Found within the papers are scattered biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues; three diaries; personal business records; two files concerning the Santa Fe Painters and Sculptors and the Art in Embassies Program; architecture, furniture, and other design project files; exhibition files; notes and writings; artwork, including 64 sketchbooks by Henderson and others; miscellaneous printed material; and photographs of Henderson, his family and colleagues.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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June 23-July 4, 2004
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2004
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-105
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Robert P. Higgins (1932- ), an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. These field notes document his collecting trips around the world. Materials also include scientific illustrations and maps.