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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1857-1961
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0.57 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 2 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Fairs
- 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: Fairs 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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West Coast Computer Faire Collection
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Jones, Ernie
- Dates:
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1980
1977
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1118
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains product literature, newsletters, and other hand-outs collected from exhibitors by Ernie Jones, a faire attendee. The First West Coast Computer Faire was held in San Francisco, California on April 15-17, 1977, and the Fifth West Coast Computer Faire was held on March 14-16, 1980.
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Meyerson, Daniel H.
- Dates:
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1915-2000
undated
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (43 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0745
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents through press releases, news bulletins, guidebooks, souvenirs, maps, ephemera and related publications world's fairs occurring after 1960.
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Gritzner, Bertha
- Dates:
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September 24 - October 8, 1927
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6 gelatin silver prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.349
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 6 snapshot photographs depicting Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Chiefs participating in the Fair of the Iron Horse held at Halethorpe, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1927.The photographs in this collection were owned by Bertha Gritzner, who attended the fair and may depicted in the images.
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1939
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0134
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Newspaper articles, fair schedules and maps, exhibit brochures,and pictures of the Fair grounds.
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Pezzano, John A.
Pezzano, Frank J., 1908-1983
- Dates:
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1939-1940
- Size:
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0592
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The film, titled "Memories of the New York World's Fair" by filmmaker Frank J. Pezzano documents the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Pezzano edited the film and included hand-drawn and typed intertitles identifying the various locations and activities he filmed.
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Hillis, Alice Rogers
- Dates:
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1939
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1 motion picture film (350 feet, silent, color (Kodachrome), camera original reversal, 16mm )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0531
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Home movie footage documenting the 1939 World's Fair, shot by Alice Rogers Hillis.
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Borden Company
- Dates:
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1939
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1063
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
- Dates:
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1900 - 1989
- Size:
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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Norton, Robert H.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Kass, Marcia
- Dates:
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1876
- Size:
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0.1 Cubic feet (2 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0825
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's Fairs. Eight of th...