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1927-1928
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic Feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0606
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
No aviation topics are illustrated in this collection. The photographs do give excellent views of construction techniques (such as reinforced concrete construction) and equipment in use in the 1927-1928 period, including numerous steam shovels and a very large stationary crane. The backgrounds of the photographs give very good views of the railroad...
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1960-1961
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0003
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Atlas was the first intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) in the US nuclear arsenal. This collection consists of 120 black and white photographs showing various aspects of the construction of the Atlas missile installation at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. In addition, the collection contains three pages of drawings showing typical equipment for launcher platforms and missile silos.
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Bobcat Company Records
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
- Dates:
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1940s-2009
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24 film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Pennsylvania Steel Company.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1905-1914
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
1 Album
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1024
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of railroad construction photographs documenting numerous unidentified, projects.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services
- Dates:
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1988-1991
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-113
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Office of Facilities Services is responsible for various aspects of planning the construction and equipping of new buildings, as well as renovation and repair of existing buildings. Such efforts may range from discussions of possible space acquisitions such as the old General Post Office Building and the Patent Office Building, to tes...
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
- Dates:
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1912-1987
bulk 1930-1945
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1,765.61 Cubic feet (1375 records center boxes; 1 flat box; 2 microfiche boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0429
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Aviation Technical Manuals Collection contains over 40,000 original aviation technical manuals for aircraft, engines, aircraft components, and ground equipment.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
Beers, E.R.
- Dates:
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1909-1938
- Size:
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6.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0232
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents E.R. Beers's business records, his personal collection of Edison trivia, and correspondence between Beers and General Electric (1909-1922).
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United States. Air Force. Engineering Drawing Section
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[ca. 1910s-1940s]
- Size:
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? Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0521
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 8000 reels of 35 mm microfilm engineering drawings of aircraft and engines from the early years through World War II. The microfilm contains engineering drawings, reports, and standards covering aircraft, engines, and other equipment used by the USAF and its predecessors. The original documents filmed were in a variety o...
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Little, M. Ruth
Little, John Frances
- Dates:
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1907-1914
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0708
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
82 photographs glued to pages in a scrapbook documenting the building of the Panama Canal. Subjects of the photographs include the workers, the worksite, equipment (steamshovels, trains, tools), the camp, building interiors and exteriors, and the local terrain. Locations include: Cucaracha; Culebra Cut; Cunette; Village of Tabernilla, C.Z.; Hodge...
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Edo Aircraft Corp
- Dates:
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1925-1970
bulk 1927-1945
- Size:
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0054
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to the EDO Aircraft Corporation, mostly from the 1920s-1940s. The following types of material are included: company correspondence, photographs, brochures, price lists and float specifications, and annual reports.