Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
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1841-1988.
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46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
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Shafer, Mary C.
Sheppard, Stephen
Vogel, Robert M.
Warner, Peter M.
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1876-1993
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3.3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1132
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents World's Fairs from 1876 to 1993.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1900 - 1989
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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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Centennial Photographic Co.
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Roth, Rodris
Myers, Susan H.
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circa 1862-1920
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2 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0725
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Hundreds of stereographs and other photographic imagery, especially a large number of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; other subjects include: the World's Columbian Exhibition (1893); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Great Sanitary Fair; a large number on Massachusetts, including a set of images from Old Sturbridge; buildings and scenery; miscellaneous other subjects.
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Namuth, Hans
- Dates:
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1945-1985
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4.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.namuhans
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York photographer and filmmaker Hans Namuth measure 4.5 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken by Namuth of New York artists. Also included are papers regarding Namuth's film about Alfred Stieglitz and other professional files.
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De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985
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1930-1991
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5.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.derijose
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor José de Rivera date from 1930 to 1991 and measure 5.6 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, letters, scattered personal business records, commission files, art work including four sketchbooks, printed material, and photographs. One of the commission files includes a motion picture film.
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United States National Museum
- Dates:
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1877-1975
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87.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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1867-1940
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13.1 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 70
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The exposition records of this collection provide an account of the Smithsonian's involvement in twenty-two domestic and foreign expositions between 1876 and 1908. The depth of coverage in the records is uneven, but they still convey a wealth of information about Smithsonian participation in expositions, chiefly during the last quarter of...
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B. R. Kornblatt Gallery
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1971-1992
- Size:
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4.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.brkornbl
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the B. R. Kornblatt Gallery of Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C. measure 4.1 linear feet and date from 1971 to 1992. The collection consists primarily of artists' files along with a few exhibition files and sales records.
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Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909
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1843-1990
bulk 1884-1909
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27.74 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kurtchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of arts administrator, museum director, collector, dealer, and editor Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909), measure 27.74 linear feet and date from 1843-1990 (bulk dates 1884-1909). The bulk of the collection consists of detailed chronological correspondence between Kurtz and his wife and family, friends, colleagues, and business associates that documents many notable exhibitions, galleries, museums, private collections, as well as cities, people, and events of the period. Also found in the collection are Kurtz's diaries, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs.