World War One Theater Lantern Slides
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1914-1925
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17 glass slides
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1294
- Repository:
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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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Jantzen, Carl C.
- Dates:
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1925-1977
- Size:
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7 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0233
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Carl C. Jantzen and John C. Zehntbauer founded the Portland Knitting Company in 1910 as a retail store selling knitted products (i.e. sweaters, hosiery, jackets). Carl Jantzen later invented an automated circular knitting machine that allowed the company to make light-weight materials for swimsuits. In 1916, the company first used the name Jantzen as their trademark and went on to specialize in swimsuits.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
- Dates:
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1972-1974
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 519
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly consist of curatorial responses to public inquiries. Included is correspondence from private collectors, museum curators, clothing manufacturers, college professors, historical associations, and individuals.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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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
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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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Hart, Schaffner and Marx.
Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1901-1955
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6 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0426
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection falls roughly into 4 parts. Series 1 is primarily composed of the company's history and its advertising, including a number of style books. The historical materials highlight the firm's importance in the men's clothing industry; the style books are a valuable record of styles in men's clothing during the first half of the 20th cent...
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American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Co.
- Dates:
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1923-1964
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8 Cubic feet (306 architectural plans and drawings.)
The majority of plans are on tracing paper, though there are also some reprographic prints and drawings on tracing cloth.
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MON
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Corporation Collection includes 306 architectural plans and drawings of greenhouses, solariums, conservatories, garages, and other structures designed by American-Moninger for clients throughout the United States dating from 1923 to 1964.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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circa 1619-1965
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4.7 Cubic feet (consisting of 8.5 boxes, 1 folder, 17 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Ladies
- 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: Ladies' 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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Dodd, Sharon Donovan
Donovan, Christine
Donovan, James F. Jr., Dr.
Donovan, Marion (Marion O'Brien), 1917-1998 (inventor)
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1949-1999
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7 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0721
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and subject files about various inventors and ideas. Collection documents women inventors, American culture, 1950s-1970s, and products designed for women and the home. Donovan's papers offer a near complete invention record, including both successes and failures, as well as patent and trademark correspondence.
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Mason, William, (manufacturer), 1808-1883
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1839-1857
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0045
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts--engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.
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Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI).
J.B. Simpson, Inc.
Steen, Enoch
Steen, Richard (merchant)
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1888-1972
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1.6 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0206
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Enoch Steen was born in Norway in 1888. His family moved to the United States and settled in Minnesota in 1890. In 1913 he began working with Meyer & Company, a tailor-to-trade business in Chicago. This company had acquired the American Woolen Mills Company from Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1900. Meyer & Company also sold clothes under the names of Paragon Tailoring Company and the Lincoln Trading Company. Steen's principal duties were sales and advertising.