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American Car and Foundry Co. (Jackson & Sharp Car Co.)
Jackson & Sharp Car Co.
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1884-1948
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 21 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0156
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains order books, including design details of a wide variety of passenger, freight and specialty cars (including self-propelled electric cars), and cost accounts for the production department. Also included are 21 volumes of photographs of finished cars, arranged by lot number. These have separate indexes arranged alphabetically...
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Jackson, Harry
Stall and Dean Co.
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1898-1998
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 2 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0669
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1, Stall and Dean's product catalogs, 1904-1973; Series 2, Stall and Dean's price lists, 1919-1966, and order blanks, 1998; Series 3, Promotional brochures, 1913 and 1926; Series 4, Catalogs of Stall and Dean's competitors, 1898-1966; Series 5, Non-sports catalogs, manuals and other printed materials, 1934-1962; and Series 6, Illustrations and graphic materials, undated.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 45 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1860-1967
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12.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 24 boxes, 2 half boxes, 4 folder, 18 oversize folders, 3 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Automobile
- 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: Automobile Industry 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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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1790-1965
bulk 1840-1945
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4.58 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Lumber
- 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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Eisler Engineering Company.
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1885 - 1988
bulk 1920-1950s
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
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Simmons Company
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1892-2000
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9 Film reels
88 Cubic feet (172 boxes, 16 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0731
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1 includes: news articles about the company and the Simmons family; photographs of the machinery, factories, factory workers, products and showrooms; annual reports; various corporate periodicals; audit reports; patents; and materials relating to sleep research conducted by Simmons. Series 2 includes product catalogues, scrapbooks of adverti...
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circa 1899-1955
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126 Chromolithographs (126 trade cards (13 sets))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection consists of 126 chromolithographic trade cards (13 sets) published by the Leibig Company between 1899 and 1955. These trade cards were included with products sold in Europe, such as chicken soup and chocolate. The cards focus on African art and material culture and showcase distinctive ethnic types, artistic and craft traditions, cultural performance, dress/costume and leadership. Sets include In Transvaal, In Abyssinia, Scenes of Africa, In East Africa I, Madagascar, In East Africa II, Life Among the Congolese People, Wild Animals of the Congo, The Italian Empire, Congolese Craftsmanship, Hunting and Fishing in the Belgian Congo, Peoples of the Belgian Congo, and History of the Belgian Congo I-III. Captions on the cards appear in French, Italian and German.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1832-1977
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60.54 Cubic feet (consisting of 131 boxes, 13 folders, 17 oversize folders, 20 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (1 full, 1 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Railroads
- 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: Railroads 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