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Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
Moore, Hiram, 1801-1875
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1835-1932
bulk 1835-1850
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1429
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Hiram Moore's invention of a harvesting machine.
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Frick Company Records
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Frick Company, George (Waynesboro, Pa.)
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1852-1961
bulk 1860-1920
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26 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0293
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents, in correspondence, publications, forms, paperwork, drawings, newspaper clippings, diplomas and photographs, the operations and products of the Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam-powered engines (portable, stationary, and traction), sawmills, threshing machines, grain separators and other mechanized agricultural harvesting implements, refrigeration, mechanical cooling systems, and ice making plants, from its founding in 1852 through 1961.
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Custom Auto and Equipment Sales
Parlett, John K., 1937-2005
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1859-2011, undated
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20 Cubic feet (60 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, 1859-2011, undated, is a collection of operator's instruction manuals, parts illustrations manuals, dealership materials, farming, farm life, and agriculture-related ephemera. The material is from national companies as well as local manufacturers and businesses.
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circa 1950s-1970s
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4 Film reels (1675 feet, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2017.02
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Human Studies Film Archives
Bamboo Harvesting films contain film footage of the propagation and harvesting of bamboo and manufacture of bamboo products.
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Duncan, James T.
Duncan, Paul
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1937-1941
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0827
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One film documenting use of farm tools and machinery of the late 19th early 20th century.
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Science Service
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1907-1970
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-137
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of Science Service subject files pertaining primarily to agriculture, farming, plants, animals, forest and forestry, fishes, mining, chemical technology, manufacturing, the National Park Service, and food. The subject files are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system. E - America HV - Pover...
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Cooper-Bessemer Corporation (Mt. Vernon, Ohio)
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1870-1961
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27 Cubic feet (68 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0961
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the activities of the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Grove City, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam, gas, and oil engines, compressors, and furnaces.
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Haring, Peter Paul, -1935
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1895-1977
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1014
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Haring's development of cotton picking machines, 1894-1930.
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1904-2005
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-134
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of the History of Technology, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Extractive Industries, the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture and Mining,...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1786-1971
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9.93 Cubic feet (consisting of 21 boxes, 9 folders, 12 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Agriculture
- 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: Agriculture 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
